103 endowments of the firefighters of the Generalitat, 16 airlines, work in a fire in the Pont de Vilomara. The fire has forced evacuate preventively to the residents of the urbanization of Can Riera Y confine all the inhabitants of the municipality of the Bages region.
Another of the urbanisations, that of River Parc, has been surrounded by the flames that threaten the Sant Llorenç del Munt i Obac Natural Park by the push of wind from the south towards Vallhonesta.
⭕IMPORTANT⭕
General confinement of the Pont de Vilomara i River Parc.Evacuation of the houses that are on the first line of foc de les Brucardes and Pont de Vilomara. Cal evacuar cap a l’interior dels nuclis de població (sense displaçar-se altres poblacions).#IFPontVilomara https://t.co/QA5pX5KbH1
— Civil Protection (@emergenciescat) July 17, 2022
Because of the fire, they are three roads closed: the BV-1124 between Rocafort and the Pont de Vilomara, the BV-1125 between the access to the C-55 and the Pont de Vilomara and the BV-1129 between the access to the C-55 and Sant Vicenç de Castellet.
A new fire that adds to the wave of fires that is sweeping Spain in the heat of the heat wave.
The fire is affecting 440 hectares of forest land, but has a potential range between 1,000 and 1,500 hectaresas explained by Bombers, and has been declared in one of the areas most affected by the drought.
The emergency corps received the notification at 1:04 p.m., in one of the heat peaks of the day with a temperature above 35ºC and the weather forecast for today and for Monday are not encouraging because the intense heat will continue for the next few hours.
#Bomberscat hi treballem amb 103 dotacions 16 d’elles aèries #MAER The priority is the defense of residential areas https://t.co/nGnjcPgQg8
— Bombers (@bomberscat) July 17, 2022
As soon as the fire was declared, the municipality has activated its municipal emergency plan and has also evacuated the municipal swimming pool so that the firefighters can collect water.
Civil Protection has activated the alert INFOCAT plan and has asked that no one approach the area affected by the fire. Likewise, he has warned that it is “very important avoid self-evacuations“. By noon, the 112 emergency telephone number had already received some 400 calls warning of the fire.
The left flank, the most worrying
The work of the firefighters has focused on havingfrom the tail of the fire, the run of the right and left flanks. The latter is especially worrying due to a possible opening towards the core of the Pont de Vilomara.
The head advances powerfully and projects secondary foci. In the tail and the right flank, they are also working with heavy machinery, and have carried out technical fire maneuvers to create black areas where the fire is cushioned, as explained by the Fire Department itself through a release this afternoon.
Elena warns that it is a “especially delicate” Sunday
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The Minister of the Interior, Joan Ignacio Elena, He has insisted that everything indicates that the restrictions against the risk of fire will be extended beyond this Tuesday, when the current ones end. that affect a total of 275 municipalities and nine natural parks in Catalonia. In statements to RAC1, he explained that this Monday there will be a new meeting to decide and added that perhaps not in the same areas or perhaps not all, but “they will continue”.
The Minister expressed his concern about the “persistence” of the heat wave and warned that this Sunday is “especially delicate” due to the expected high temperatures.