In Spain, the thermometer is panicking and forests are on fire. The emergency services continue, Saturday, June 18, to fight against fires. One of them has already ravaged 20,000 hectares of land in the northwest of the country, on the last day of an extreme and unusually early heat wave, which France is also going through.
The most important of these forest fires forced the authorities to evacuate 14 villages, with several hundred inhabitants, in the Sierra de la Culebra, a mountain range in the region of Castile and León, near the border with the Portugal. According to the regional authorities, some of them were able to return to their homes on Saturday morning, the flames having moved away from the homes concerned.
The active focus yesterday on Ayoó de Vidriales that worried the operative of #INFOCAL it is already STABILIZED???? The media acting on the ground continue to work to control it
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– Nature Castilla y León (@naturalezacyl) June 18, 2022
But the fire “stay active”underlines the government of Castile and León, referring to weather conditions “unfavourable”, with a dry wind and high temperatures. In total, nearly “19,765 hectares burned” in this giant fire, he says.
Evacuation of the Spanish Puy du Fou
Spanish firefighters also continue to fight other fires in Caudiel, in the Valencia region (south-east), or in Artesa de Segre, in Catalonia (north-east), where a fire underway since Wednesday has already ravaged 1,600 hectares of land.
Other fires, however, are under control, particularly in the Iruelas Valley, near Avila (west), and in the Toledo region (center), where nearly 900 hectares of land have burned near the park. attractions of Puy du Fou.
Fire near the park@PuyduFou_espanaseen from #Toledopic.twitter.com/1OnKCw3Vuw
— RTVEcastillalamancha (@RTVEclm) June 17, 2022
Due to this fire, nearly 3,000 people had to be evacuated on Friday from this historic theme park, a subsidiary of the French Puy du Fou, inaugurated in March 2021. The fire having been brought under control, “the park has reopened its doors” Saturday, management said.
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Spain experienced its hottest May this year since the turn of the century, according to weather agency Aemet. The country has already gone through four episodes of extreme temperatures over the past ten months, including the current heat wave, which is expected to end on Sunday.