The battle to switch off “The worst wave of fires in recent history” Spain “Hit his end”Thanks to the improvement of weather conditions, the director of civil protection and emergency situations, Virginia Barcones said on Saturday 30 August.
“Today I announce a very favorable evolution” in the fight against “The worst wave of fires in the recent history of our country, which has caused so much damage”thanks “The possibility offered by the weather”said Mr.me Barkones at a press conference. Lower temperatures, less wind and a few rains helped the extinction of the fires, she explained.
The Spanish firefighters, helped by teams from other countries of the European Union, worked for long days to combat these forest fires, who have left four people in the last two weeks and destroyed more than 350,000 hectares, according to the European System of Information on Forest Fires (Effis).
This Saturday, seven forest fires remained active, including six threatening for people and houses. This number is considerably lower than a few tens of simultaneous fires that have been registered in recent weeks, M saidme Barkones.
The most dangerous fires are in the Castille-et-Leon (Northwest) region, but “The current Panorama (…) is very encouraging “of “Weather conditions [qui] have preferred control of active FOCI and a situation that continues to improve “said the owner of civil protection.
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