Fires: Spain, the most serious fire burned 12,000 hectares – First Floor

(ANSA) – MADRID, AUGUST 16 – The most serious forest fire among those recorded in Spain in recent days has burned “no less than 12,000 hectares” of land in the province of Avila, in the center of the Iberian country: this was announced today in statements to the Iberian media Juan Carlos Suárez-Quiñones, Councilor for the Environment of Castile and León, the region in which the fire took place. The fire, whose perimeter is about 80 kilometers, broke out on Saturday morning – at which time there were very high temperatures due to a heat wave that hit Spain in recent days – near the towns of Navalacruz and Cepeda de the Mora. From the first indications, it seems that the trigger of the flames was the burning of a car. Authorities hope to be able to complete the “general stabilization of the perimeter” of the fire in the next few hours, according to Suárez-Quiñones. The operations of the firefighting teams deployed there, however, are proceeding “not without difficulty,” José said on Twitter. Hernández, territorial delegate of Castile and León in the province of Avila. (ANSA).