The neighbors of a vegetation fire in Cubelles are confined at home

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.

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.

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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The drought has raised the risk of fire during these days throughout the Iberian Peninsula, at a time when it is not usual for soils to be so dry. In addition, this Saturday there was an alert for strong winds in most of Catalonia, which has raised fears at first that the fire could escalate.

On a day of high temperatures, low humidity and wind, the Generalitat Fire Brigade also acted this Saturday to put out a small vegetation fire declared next to the GI-541 road, in the municipality of Sant Hilari Sacalm (Girona), which This afternoon they have already considered controlled.



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