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A major forest fire breaks out in Girona

The smoke column from the Baix Empordà fire reached 5 kilometers high this Friday.
La Bisbal de l'Empordà (Girona), 03/07/2026.-Vista del incendio forestal de La Bisbal de l’Empordà este viernes. El incendio, que ha comenzado esta mañana como consecuencia de unas chispas generadas en unos trabajos agrícolas, avanza sin control avivado por la tramontana y ha quemado unas 750 hectáreas, fuego por el que se ha confinado a unas 12.000 personas en varios municipios de la Costa Brava, en Girona, y contra el que trabajan más de doscientos bomberos.-EFE/David Borrat.
View of the forest fire this Friday. Photo: EFE

The uncontrolled forest fire in the Les Gavarres massif in the Baix Empordà (Girona) has already burned 1,280 hectares and the smoke column of the flames has reached 4-5 kilometres high this Friday, as confirmed by the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat), which has ordered the authorities to confine some 12,000 people on the Costa Brava.

At the same time, there is another active fire in the town centre of Vilavenut, in the municipality of Fontcoberta (Girona), which has burned about 35 hectares and closed five roads along with the neighbourhood of Gavarres.

A prisoner.

The Mossos d'Escaladra identified and arrested a man this Friday for his alleged connection to the Les Gavarres fire.

According to the Mosses, the fire originated while the detainee was working with a radial near the road and the police have recalled that these tasks are currently prohibited because of the high risk of fire.

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