Work to contain the Riglos fire will continue after a calmer night
The extinction operation will have about 1,000 people on Sunday, including a hundred French firefighters, and the fire has already affected some 16,600 hectares.
The forest fire last Monday in Las Peñas de Riglos (Huesca) has had a quieter night than on previous nights due to improved weather conditions. The extinction device has managed to fix much of the perimeter and this Sunday there will be about a thousand people working, including a hundred French firefighters, according to the Interior Advisor of the Government of Aragón, Roberto Bermudez de Castro.
During the night, ground resources and heavy machinery have been able to advance fire containment thanks to high humidity and low wind, which has made it possible for working professionals to operate "rather better " .
The main objectives of the operation are to ensure the safety of the population and to strengthen the perimeters established during the night, for which it will have between 35 and 40 air assets, which will be able to start operating earlier than usual, sincefor the first time there has been no thermal investment these days.
The right side, the most disturbing area.
Despite the good development of the night, the right side of the fire remains the area of greatest concern to those responsible for the operation, as well as strengthening extinction work in the area between the municipality of Bernues and the monastery of San Juan de la Peña.
Bermudez de Castro warns, however, thattheday will be "complex and difficult" , as weather conditions are not being as favourable as expected. The predicted rain, in the event of a storm, will be "imperceptible" , while humidity may fall below 30%.
Moreover, forecasts for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday do not help, as temperatures will be "very damaging" to put out the fire once and for all.
Reinforcements from France and other communities
With regard to the resources deployed, the operation already has the fourth section of the Military Emergency Unit (EMU), to which two Earth Army bulldozer will be added this Sunday.
These will be joined by 100 French firefighters, 16 self-bombs and a Super Puma helicopter , after the Aragonese Government asked France for help last Friday.
The device will also have more than 150 firefighters from other Autonomous Communities, with resources from Catalonia, La Rioja, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and Comunidad Valenciana.
The Government of Aragon plans to request the dispatch of Ukrainian hydroplanes in the coming days"ifthe situation continues to complicate ".
The fire has already affected some 16,600 hectares in the Las Peñas de Riglos area and remains one of the main active forest fires in Aragon.
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