The fire continues to advance in Spain and has already burned 221,939 hectares

The wave of forest fires keep all of Spain on alert. The fire has destroyed 78,759 hectares of surface between January 1 and July 17, according to data from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. A figure that the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) of Copernicus raises to 221,939 hectares, although with data until last Friday, July 23, six more days. A situation that places Spain at the head of the European ranking.

Although the fires are spreading in many communities, the ones that are most worrying are those of Malagón, in Ciudad Real, and Almonte, in Huelva. In the Castilian-La Mancha town, the fire has been divided into three sources during the night and has already affected 2,800 hectares-

In addition, in Castilla-La Mancha the fires that until now most concern the community are advancing favorably: a fire that has evicted nearly a thousand people from two municipalities in Humanes (Guadalajara), four in Ciudad Real and a sixth in Santajada (Toledo). ).

The Nature Protection Service of the Civil Guard (SEPRONA) of Guadalajara has denounced two people for an alleged crime of forest fire for having caused two forest fires when using agricultural and construction machinery in breach of the time restrictions for its use imposed this summer by the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha to avoid sparks that could generate fires.

One of the accused caused a fire in Driebes (Guadalajara) on July 5 when he used construction machinery on a plot of land, burning a total of 300 hectares of scrubland and scrub. The other reported is a farmer from Budia (Guadalajara) who that same day caused another forest fire with an agricultural machine when he was harvesting cereal. In this second case, the area burned was 250 hectares and about ten people had to be evicted.

Huelva, Malaga and Cadiz

The Almonte fire, in Huelva, has improved in recent hours after it was reactivated yesterday due to the change in the wind and has kept 200 families evicted. The latest information indicates that these families will be able to return to their homes throughout the day after the fire has stabilized in the early hours of this Wednesday and level 1 has been activated.

In Malaga, three new fires started yesterday afternoon in just one hour, between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., in outbreaks that started consecutively in Mijas (declared level 1), Estepona and Benahavís. The evolution of the same is “favourable” in at least the two of Mijas and Benahavís, according to Infoca.

The fire declared in the Sierra Arca area, in the municipality of San Roque (Cádiz) is stabilized after a “hard” night due to weather conditions with west component winds in a terrain with complicated orography and abundant fuel, as indicated the Info Plan.

Castile and Leon

The Community most affected by the flames so far this summer is still pending the three active fires in León: one in Balboa, another in Matallana de Torío and another in the hamlet of Montes de la Valdueza (Ponferrada), the latter at level 0 danger after having devastated almost 1,500 hectares since its inception nine days ago. Meanwhile, in Burgos, the forest fire declared this past Sunday in Quintanilla del Coco has dropped to level 1 of danger due to the improvement in weather conditions.

Meanwhile, in Losacio (Zamora), the extinguishing media are working on a reactivation suffered in the fire, as confirmed by the Board on its Nature Castilla y León Twitter profile. The Losacio fire has experienced a reactivation in an area that has burned intermittently in the municipality of Márquiz de Alba and three helicopters with their heli-transported brigades, two amphibious planes, two environmental agents, a bulldozer, three fire engines are operating there. and two ground crews.

Galicia

In the Galician community they breathe cautiously after several weeks of fighting the fire despite having four active forest fires, although two are already stabilized and another two controlled, with 28,350 hectares devastated between the provinces of Lugo and Ourense.

The Xunta has considered the great forest fire that has affected the Serra do Courel (Lugo) to be under control for almost two weeks, with a balance of 11,100 hectares burned.

Tenerife

The forest fire that broke out last Thursday in the north of Tenerife and affects five municipalities: La Orotava, Los Realejos, San Juan de la Rambla, La Guancha and Icod de los Vinos, “is beginning to walk towards its end” and it is expected that in the next few days it can drop to level 1, becoming under the direction of the Cabildo. The fire has burned almost 2,500 hectares and forced the eviction of almost 600 people