The burning fires in Spain have caused thousands of people to be evicted
The situation is worrying in the Spanish State, where there are many fires. In the last few hours more than 7,000 people have spent the night away from home and two people have died as a result of the fires, one in Madrid and one in León.
They are in a worrying situation in the last few days and hours in the Spanish state. At least five major fires are still alive and thousands of hectares have already been burned. According to the latest data, more than 7,000 people have had to spend the night away from home.
In Galicia, in Ourens, more than 3,500 hectares were burned in the fire that broke out on Friday in the municipality of Chandrexa de Queixa and are still out of control, so this Wednesday membersof the EMU entered and some population centres had to be evacuated and others confined.
Also in Castilla y León the flames continue and at least eight serious fires continue to be declared in León, Zamora and Palencia. The fire has burned hundreds of land and forced thousands of residents to leave their homes and cut off dozens of roads in the last few hours.
The forest fire that broke out on Friday in Zamora in Molezuelas de la Carballeda has forced the evacuation of 4,300 people from 23 villages in the last few hours, and the flames have reached León, where a volunteer firefighter died last night while working on extinction.
In Castilla-La Mancha several fires are still burning, but early this Wednesday residents who have stayed away from their homes in several municipalities in Toledo have been able to return home.
In Jarilla, in Cáceres, where more than 250 people have been evacuated due to a fire caused by a forest fire, the situation in eta Asturias has also become more complicated by raising the forest fire operation to the second level in the early morning due to the large number of fires in the vicinity of many municipalities and calling for the intervention of EMU.
The authorities stabilized the fire in Tarifa last night and this morning the authorities confirmed that the fire in Jabugo (Huelva) has stabilized and that the 240 people who have been evicted have been able to return home.
14 major fires are currently on fire throughout Spain, and an investigation is under way into how these fires have originated, as the Spanish Government suspects that many are intentional fires.
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