Asturias and Galicia without active fires for the first time since the forest fires broke out

Asturias and Galicia today have a day of rest, including the suffering of the summer forest fires. Both communities are without active fires today, Friday.

The improvement comes after 18 days of intense work and fighting in Asturias, where 6,000 hectares have already been burned. Today is the first day since the forest fire emergency began without active fire. However, there are six other controlled or at least stabilized sources: Ibias, Degaña, Cangas del Narcea, Somiedo, Tieno and Cabrales.

However, the President of the Autonomous Region, Adrian Barbon, has welcomed the development of these controlled fires and has expressed his gratitude to all those who have been on the front line for weeks, thereby lowering the level of emergency from 2 to 1 by the Government of the Principality.

On the other hand, with regard to the arrest of a neighbour of Llanes for an alleged forest fire offence, the Asturian president has called for tougher penalties for anyone who fires the mountain: "Those who endanger people's lives are criminals."

In both cases, Galiciahas also started Friday without active fire, after weeks of emergency : for the first time since the forest fires broke out in August.

With 5,000 hectares burned, Casaio's has been one of the most worrying fires in Galicia, as it spread through Porto de Sanabria (Zamora). Along with this, other important points such as A Pobra do Brollón and Avio have stabilized throughout Thursday, thus preventing more than 20 hectares of active fire.

Galicia did not see a similar situationsince5 August . Xunta claims that the impact of the fires has been very strong: with more than 96,000 hectares burned, most of them in Ourense, so this is the year that has burned the most hectares in Galicia this century.

In some regions , falling temperatures and precipitation have been key to curbing the spread of fire. Historic fires such as Larouco, Chandrexa de Queixa and Xinzo de Limia are already under control or stabilized, allowing for the recovery of damaged land.

Castile and Leon and Asturias keep watch

In Castilla y León and Asturias, on theother hand, there are still active foci . In the first, the fires of León and Zamora remain stable, while in Asturias the fire of San Antolín de Ibias, which has forced the evacuation of several population centres, is worrying.