The access to natural spacess of the Cap de Creusthe Montsant mountain rangethe Montgrí, the Garraf and the Albera and Montmell-Marmellar are restricted from the deleven at night this tuesday by Fire danger, as reported by the Government. The decision is made within the framework of the temperature episode “extremely high and very low relative humidities” that are expected until Wednesday in various places in Catalonia. In the same scenario, the Rural Agents body has activated level 3 of the Alpha Plan in 57 municipalities in 8 counties. The day of maximum concern is this Tuesday and it is anticipated very high danger towards the precoastal and towards him interior and the coastwhere rainfall is more deficient.
The Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda warns that the possible presence of south component winds can aggravate the danger towards the Empordà where, in addition, after tramontana enters. The counties with main affectation are Alt Camp, Alt Empordà, Alt Penedès, Baix Llobregat, Priorat, Ribera d’Ebre and Terra Alta.
intense heat warning
Civil Protection, for its part, has put the Infocat plan on pre-alert due to the forecast for tomorrow, Tuesday, of very intense heat, wind and low humidity.
As for the municipalities affected by level 3 of Pla Alfa, there are 19 in Alt Empordà, 10 in Priorat, 9 in Alt Penedès, 6 in Garraf, 4 in Baix Penedès and 4 in Alt Camp, 3 in the Baix Llobregat and 2 in the Baix Empordà.
Avoid human presence
In the case of natural spaces, the Government explains that access control has the objective of avoiding human presence “to the maximum” to reduce the risk of ignitions – the executive recalls, in this sense, that in 90% of fires are “of anthropic origin” – and to prevent people from being in a “vulnerable situation” in the event of a forest fire.
Authorizations for any activity that may pose a risk of fire in the counties and municipalities where level 3 of the Alpha Plan is activated will also be suspended. While the activation lasts, the rural agents will be dedicated exclusively to the prevention of forest fires and aerial surveillance will be reinforced.
1,400 activities suspended
In total, 1,400 activities have been suspended, some for which the use of radials and torches was necessary, but also beekeeping or forestry activities.
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The Special Group for the Prevention of Forest Fires of the Department of Climate Action will have 22 surveillance units distributed throughout Catalonia for these three days, in accordance with the fire danger map. In particular, special surveillance will be carried out in the harvesting and harvesting tasks. According to the Catalan Executive, the operation involves almost 50 people equipped with first intervention equipment to be able to contain an outbreak of fire until the arrival of the Firefighters.
In addition, the Forest Defense Groups distributed throughout the territory will actively participate in the closures in the Girona area (Albera, Cabo de Cruces and Montgrí) and also in the Garraf area.