The Federation of Forest Defense Group (ADF) of the Bages-Moianès has deployed its 12 teams that cover the territory to accompany the Firefighters in the tasks of extinguishing the fire that started this afternoon in the Pont de Vilomara. The Vice President of the Federation, Santi Montsech, has highlighted his concern for what he has already defined as “a large and complicated fire, which will involve days of sweat to extinguish it”. Montsech has also remarked in statements to the Regió 7 newspaper, belonging to the Prensa Ibérica group, that “it was probable that a fire of these dimensions would appear, taking into account the drought and high temperatures in recent days“.
In his case, as operational coordinator of the ADF Quercus, made up of the municipalities of Santa Maria de Oló, el Estany, Sant Feliu Sasserra and Avinyó, he has traveled to the highest part of the nucleus ofThe Vilomara Bridge, along with a team of 12 volunteers, a truck loaded with 500 liters of water and a fire truck. The forecast for this afternoon was to carry out surveillance work in the Moianès area, “but seeing the intensity of the fire we have moved to the affected population in coordination with the Fire Department,” he points out.
For a while, they have been controlling the flames that were approaching the houses on Lleida Street, in the highest part of the Pont de Vilomara, “to prevent the sparks from reaching the pine trees next to the houses.” Having controlled the area, they moved to the Marquet Paradís urbanization, “where the fire is approaching the houses scattered throughout the forest”
quick eviction
The evicted neighbors recount their experience. “We were preparing our bags to go on vacation and at 02:30 the Mossos told us that we had a minute and a half to leave the house.” This is how Ainhoa Caparrós, a resident of the River Park urbanization del Pont de Vilomara that has been evicted by the fire. “Luckily, we already had most of the luggage in suitcases and after the Mossos warned us to leave, we have taken the pet and four other things and we have left & rdquor ;.
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Caparrós explains that they did not want to leave the municipality at the moment because they wanted to find out about the state of the fire and in what direction the flames were advancing: “At this point we do not know what state our house is in, there has been no statement from the City Council of El Pont nor of the person in charge of the fire brigade operation”.
The neighbor also reported that the flames jumped from one side to the other and reached the river.Cal Curro restaurant Township. “In Cardona we have family and we have moved there, at this point we know nothing, all the news comes to us through the media.” We are following the fire very closely