The fire that started on Saturday at eleven o’clock at night in the Jerte Valley (Cáceres) had an origin “clearly intentional & rdquor ;. A fire of this type, “with two sources, when all the media were focused on Las Hurdes and Casas de Miravete, it is clear that it was caused with all intent & rdquor ;, said this Sunday the director of Forestry Policy of the Junta de Extremadura, Peter Munoz. It is the last great A natural space in this autonomy that has suffered in recent days the scourge of a fire that the heat wave has spurred throughout the Iberian Peninsula, with 35 different fires at the beginning of this Sunday (19 active, 14 controlled and 2 stabilized), according to data from the General Directorate of Civil Protection.
Another of the worst fires this weekend, that of the Sierra de Mijas (Malaga) Nor did it have a natural origin, according to all the clues. Behind the flames, which began last Friday, causing roadblocks and the eviction of more than 3,000 people from their homes, is the man’s hand What is currently being investigated is whether it was a “negligence & rdquor; or had an “intentional cause & rdquor ;, said the Andalusian councilor for Sustainable Development, Carmen Crespo. The flames were stabilized in the late afternoon.
The fire continued this Sunday causing havoc throughout the Peninsula, whose territory is practically entirely under extreme fire risk due to the very high temperatures these days. Given the magnitude and virulence of the fires, the Government announced that the president, Pedro Sanchez, will visit Casas de Miravete (Cáceres) on Monday to learn about the work of extinguishing this fire, which remains active and has even entered the Monfragüe National Park. According to the latest calculations, more than 20,000 hectares have been burned in recent days, the vast majority in Extremadura, Castilla y León and Galicia.
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There was setbacks and advances during the day. In Pont de Vilomara (Barcelona), the flames forced the confinement of the population, cut off the C-16 motorway at Manresa and affected 1,000 hectares, 130 of them within the Sant Llorenç i l’Obac natural park. a new fire in The Herraldon of Pinares (Avila) it was declared a level two hazard, on an ascending scale from zero to three, and forced the closure of the CL-505 highway, which connects Ávila and Las Navas de Marqués. In Monsagro (Salamanca), With 9,000 hectares devastated, several outbreaks were reactivated as the wind increased in the area, forcing the withdrawal of aerial means for hours.
In Galicia, instead, there was some symptom of improvement. Five population centers, four of them in the province of Lugo, were at risk, but at the same time the Xunta managed perimeter the 12 fires throughout the autonomous territory. However, the strong wind caused the fire to be reactivated in Carballeda de Valdeorras (Ourense), that reached 1,600 hectares burned and caused the eviction of the residents of several towns in the area.