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The fire at Les Gavarres in Girona has already been stabilized

475 firefighters are still on site and, together with the Spanish Army, are trying to control and extinguish the fire, a task that will last for a few days.

LA BISBAL D'EMPORDÀ (GIRONA), 04/07/2026.-Captura de un video de Bombers Cataluña, de agentes trabajando en la zona del Baix Empordà. Los Bomberos han estabilizado el 70 % del flanco derecho del incendio que se desató ayer en La Bisbal d'Empordà (Girona), aunque el viento de esta tarde amenaza con descontrolarlo en el macizo de Les Gavarres, que permanece cerrado ante un fuego con potencial para arrasar hasta 30.000 hectáreas. El incendio, según las estimaciones de los Agentes Rurales, ha calcinado ya 2.200 hectáreas, el 97 % de ellas del espacio natural de Les Gavarres: 2.128,97 son forestales, 53,14, agrícolas, y 15,46, urbanas. EFE/Bombers Cataluña ***SOLO USO EDITORIAL/SOLO DISPONIBLE PARA ILUSTRAR LA NOTICIA QUE ACOMPAÑA (CRÉDITO OBLIGATORIO)***
Firefighters are working to extinguish the fire in La Bisbal d'Empordà. Photo: EFE

Firefighters have declared stabilized the fire that broke out on Friday in the town of La Bisbal d 'Empordà, in Girona, about 2,300 hectares , although work continues on the right side, according to the Conseller of Interior and Public Security, Núria Parlon.

The conseller, accompanied by Chief Fire Inspector David Borrell, appeared on Saturday night to update the latest fire data and warned that until the middle of next week there will be a heat wave in Catalonia with southern wind and high temperatures, so he advanced that the fire will not be extinguished until a few days from now.



Parlon also indicated that they will see in the next few hours whether the restrainingorders  affecting seven municipalities can be "relaxed".

If so, the inhabitants of these villages will receive an Es-Alert message on their mobile phones, and the Les Gavarres massif will be closed until July 10.

The counselor has hoped that the development of the extinction work will be "satisfactory" and that "the fire department will achieve the targets set", although he has acknowledged that the daysremain  for the final extinction of the fire.

As for the damaged buildings, there are seven, four of them completely burnt, but the final inventory will be made when the extinction work is completed.

A totalof 475 firefighters remain on site, who, together with the Spanish Army, are trying to control and extinguish the fire.

On the other hand, David Borrell stressed that although the fire has stabilized, this does not mean it is under control, but "it does not grow, but its perimeter is very irregular, very difficult, and it has not been possible tofinish, we are not yet in a position to say that everything is under control. "

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