Asturias burns and splits. Thursday ended with 90 active fires and Friday dawned with 121 and the flames devouring Monte Naranco, in Oviedo. the last balance puts the figure at 96. The tongues of fire advance uncontrollably and affect traffic. Several roads have been blocked and 375 people have been evacuated from their homes. The council of Valdés is the one that worries the most at the moment and where the actions are concentrated, as can be seen on the map of active fires in Asturias. Asturias has been turned into a true hell for two days.
After fourteen hours closed to traffic, the Cantabrian highway (A-8) has been reopened at around 11:30 a.m.. The region has ceased to be “split in two” like this at noon this Friday, once the fire and smoke have allowed circulation again. For hours, truckers and drivers have remained stuck and unable to pass, as traffic on national highways has also been cut off.
In Regarding the situation in Oviedo, the flames forced the eviction of the town of Fitoria at dawn. The residents have been able to return to their homes after nine in the morning, although they have been warned that there could be a risk of complications if the wind changes. At the top of Naranco there are still dangerous tongues of fire, but it is an uninhabited area.
It is the work of “terrorists”, claims the president of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, that he has received a call from Pedro Sánchez to inquire about the situation. Both ask for citizen collaboration to find more arsonists. “There is no forecast, fire breaks are not enabled, the forest is not cleaned, and thus the fire is unstoppable,” denounced several residents.
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ANDhe fire has also reached Castrillón, where a focus has been lit in La Plata, and Sierowith several spotlights around the Cabo Noval barracks. Adrián Barbón has already announced that he will request the declaration of Asturias as a catastrophic area to deal with the reconstruction of the damage caused by the fires.
The southerly and dry winds have acted as accelerants and have caused the fires, which started mostly inland on Wednesday, to have spread both to the south and to the coast, destroying everything in their path. The more than 600 troops mobilized to fight the fire have been able to do little, despite their efforts. “The miracle is that there has been no loss of human life,” said a councilor “at the foot of the fire.” I hope it rains soon. Storms are announced for tomorrow. That is the desire to stop the disaster. The fire has destroyed houses, granaries and stables. And the authorities have advised the residents of five towns in Valdés to confine themselves to their homes and the population not to use the roads. Barbón, who traveled to Navelgas to be aware of the extinction work, sent a forceful message: “Asturias does not burn, they are burning it.”