Fires in Spain: the Vall d’Ebo fire is still “very active” and forces the road to be cut – Onda Cero

The forest fire that broke out last Saturday night in Vall d’Ebo (Alicante), and which has burned nearly 9,500 hectares and forced the eviction of more than a thousand people, continues “very active” and has forced cut the CV-712 road, which joins this municipality with Pego. Emergency sources of the Generalitat Valenciana have reported that during the night, in which nearly 300 ground troops have been working, the fire has continued “very active”, especially in the western part, near the municipality of Tollos, and in the east zone, towards Pego. First thing in the morning, 26 aerial means belonging to the Generalitat, the Diputación de Alicante, the Ministry and the communities of Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia have begun to join. The CV-712 highway, which connects the municipalities of Vall d’Ebo and Pego, has been cut off and there have been no new evictions overnight, according to the same sources. The other active fires Galicia The new fire in Ourense, which is still active, began yesterday, Sunday, in Castrelo do Val, in the parish of Campobecerros, and has burned 40 hectares with various sources of origin, for which the Ministry says that ” Everything points to it being intentional.” Also yesterday fires were declared in Riós, parishes of Fumaces and A Trepa, with 80 hectares burned, and in Oímbra, parish of As Chás, with 70 hectares; both are active although close to stabilization. On the other hand, there is another fire in the Galician province of Lugo, in Ribas de Sil, in the parish of Torbeo, bordering Ourense, which has burned 40 hectares. The largest fire (in Ourense), with 2,100 hectares devastated and still active although close to stabilization, is still the one that unites the outbreaks that started in Laza, Camba parish, and in Chandrexa de Queira, Queixa parish. Asturias Likewise, during this bank holiday weekend, which has given no respite to the flames, especially virulent also in the north, firefighters in Asturias are working on extinguishing five fires in the western part of the community, although they are already controlled or under review. Zaragoza The intense work of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) during the night gave good results to stop the advance of the fires in Añón de Moncayo (Zaragoza) and Les Useres (Castellón). In Zaragoza, the work carried out during the night managed to maintain the 50-kilometre perimeter of the fire without the flames entering the Moncayo natural park. The forest fire that started on Saturday in Añón de Moncayo has affected some 6,000 hectares, and is considered stabilized, for which 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, to which El Buste has been added. The residents of Añón de Moncayo, where the fire started, are unable to return to their homes for now. For the moment, and depending on the evolution of the flames in the coming hours, more than 350 troops will remain deployed in the area this Monday. Castilla y León On the other hand, in Zamora, yesterday afternoon, the great forest fire declared in Losacio, on July 17, was controlled after 28 days, the largest in Spain so far this year, with some 31,500 hectares burned and that caused the death of a brigade member and a sheep farmer.