Fires in Spain: they authorize the return to six of the eight evicted municipalities in Zaragoza – Onda Cero

In the last hours several fires have devastated thousands of hectares in different parts of Spain. Firefighters, personnel from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and other troops are working to stabilize the outbreaks and thousands of residents have had to be evicted from their homes due to the danger of smoke and fire. The Zaragoza fire is progressing favorably In Zaragoza, the Añón del Moncayo fire is progressing favorably and, predictably, it could be stabilized throughout the day. The flames have already burned more than 6,000 hectares and have forced the evacuation of some 1,500 residents of eight towns. The extinction operation is optimistic and hopes that if the weather forecasts are met, it will stabilize in the last few hours. The authorities ask the neighbors for caution Despite this, the General Director of the Interior of Aragon, Carmen Sánchez, asks the neighbors for caution: “It was a very important fire, it has not been considered stabilized and there may be reproductions at any time “. In this sense, the deployment of means on the ground continues, where more than 350 troops work. The area that still has some activity is La Muela de Borja, where there are some active outbreaks. Evicted municipalities The relocation of the municipalities of Vera de Moncayo, Alcalá de Moncayo, Ambel, Bulbuente, Trasmoz and Talamantes, as well as the Cumbres del Moncayo urbanization, has been authorised. The residents of Añón de Moncayo, where the fire started, and El Buste are still unable to return to their homes. The roads affected by the fire have also been reopened to traffic: N-122 between Borja and Tarazona, SO-382 between Vozmediano and Tarazona, CV-203, CV-606, CV-610, CV-846, Z-370, Z -371, Z-372 and Z-373. The Vall d’Ebo fire is still active On the other hand, in Alicante the Vall d’Ebo fire has so far burned some 6,500 hectares in a perimeter of 50 kilometers, according to the Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium. In a statement, the president of the Alicante Provincial Council and the Provincial Firefighters Consortium, Carlos Mazón, has indicated that around 300 firefighters are acting in the area to try to contain the flames due to a fire that continues to have us all with the heart in a fist”. play The situation remains very complicated A thousand people have been evicted The strong wind and the difficulties of access to the area are complicating the extinction tasks. The Generalitat has activated level 2 of its firefighting plan and has requested the intervention of the UME, while the flames have forced the eviction of nearly a thousand people from some urbanizations and scattered from the population centers of Pego and the districts of Benirrama and Beniali.The towns of Tollos, Famorca, Facheca, Beniaia and Vall d’Alcalà have been evacuated due to the advance of the fire Nine fires in Galicia A total of nine fires are still unextinguished in Galicia this morning Monday, which together burn a total of 3,660 hectares. In the municipality of Castrelo do Val (Ourense), a last fire declared on Sunday night that has already destroyed 40 hectares is still active. According to the Xunta, it began in several sources, so “everything indicates that it was intentional”. Meanwhile, the Laza fire is still active, which after joining with the Chandrexa de Queixa fire, has resulted in a razed area of ​​2,100 hectares, according to provisional estimates. Also active in the province of Ourense are the fires in the municipalities of Riós and Oímbra, whose devastated area increases to 80 and 70 hectares, respectively, although both evolve “favorably” towards stabilization. Likewise, in the province of Ourense, the Casaio fires, in Carballeda de Valdeorras, which have burned around 440 hectares, remain under control; that of Astureses, in Boborás, with some 120 hectares burned; that of San Cosmede de Cusanca, in O Irixo, where some 680 hectares have burned; and that of the municipality of A Gudiña, which began in Pentes, and which has burned 90 hectares. Already in the province of Lugo, the fire that started late on Saturday afternoon in the parish of Torbeo, in the municipality of Ribas de Sil, which has burned some 40 hectares, remains stabilized.