According to the Firefighters, who work with nine teams, the fire affects the Corral d’en Cona area, located above the C-32 motorway
The Mossos d’Esquadra have had to evict about 20 residents of the houses of an urbanization close to the fire that this Saturday afternoon has been declared in an area of vegetation in Cubelles, in Garraf.
We work in coordination with the other emergency centers in the fire from Corral d’en Cona to Cubelles. Talem vies to facilitate the country of the @bomberscat i confine the veins in risk zones https://t.co/P0KNb2vRcx pic.twitter.com/Xss7POVCDD
— Mossos (@mossos) March 11, 2023
According to the Generalitat Fire Brigade, who work with nine teams, the fire affects the Corral d’en Cona arealocated above the C-32 motorway, and can now be considered stabilized.
At first, the fire has forced several neighbors to confine themselves to their homes, but later it was decided to preventively evict about twenty people who occupied five houses. Several streets and accesses have also been cut.
The mayoress of Cubelles, Rosa Fonoll, has detailed that the residents who have had to leave their homes have stayed with friends or relatives.
?Els @bomberscat donate to stabilize the forest fire of Corral d’en Cona, but follow the tasks to extinguish it.
?El veinat pot anar tornant a les seves casas a mesura que els bombers els hi vagin autoritzant
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#IFCubelles pic.twitter.com/hVGWamY400
– Cubelles Town Hall (@ajcubelles) March 11, 2023
The notice was received at 6:37 p.m. and around 9:00 p.m. it was considered stabilized. The Firefighters still do not know the origin of the fire, which originated on the Prades road.
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