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The forest fires that are devastating the province of Ávila and the Community of Madrid are still active, although their progress is slower. The extinction is being complex and has been made difficult by strong gusts of wind. After several days of rapid advance, on Sunday many of the fronts were contained, although “several heads” remain active and the fires cannot be considered perimeter-bound. The efforts this Monday will go in that direction: try to achieve stabilization, protect populations and avoid a fusion of the flames of the two major sources. The evolution is positive, but very slow and the…
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The citizens of Mallorca took to the streets this Sunday afternoon in Palma to protest for the third consecutive year against the tourist overcrowding suffered by the inhabitants of an archipelago that in 2025 broke its own visitor record with the arrival of 18.9 million visitors. Some 25,000 people, according to the National Police, marched through the center of the Balearic capital supporting the call of the Menys Turisme, Més Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) platform, which brings the number of attendees to 70,000. Continue reading
Operation: save the livestock farms. The Government of the Community of Madrid has prepared 300,000 kilos of fodder, distributed in 20 trailers, and has arranged 10 1,000-liter water tanks to supply the livestock farms affected by the fire as soon as conditions allow access to them. So far, 14 farms have requested this support, which will benefit nearly 1,000 animals including cows, sheep, goats and horses. The big question is when the food will reach them, since, at the moment, the fire is uncontrolled.Continue reading
Drought and heat have virtually baked the soil and vegetation in recent weeks. Another cause of the catastrophic fires is receiving less attention: in parts of Spain, a landscape has emerged in which fires can hardly be stopped.
This Sunday, the Kings visited the La Chopera sports center, in the Madrid municipality of Villamanta, where residents evacuated from Villa del Prado, Aldea del Fresno and other towns in the southwest of the Community of Madrid affected by the forest fire remain housed. “Coordination is exemplary. Together we can face any risk,” he said. The head of the First Emergency Intervention Battalion of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Arribas, has assured that all fronts of the fire that affects the Community of Madrid and Ávila are contained, although several active heads remain. The president of Castilla…
The large forest fires that are devastating the province of Ávila and the Community of Madrid have already forced the evacuation or confinement of 100,000 people and affect 45,000 hectares. The two fires are still active and advancing uncontrolled. For four days, strong gusts of wind have made extinction difficult and the efforts of the firefighters have led to exhausting days of work. The efforts of the operation this Sunday will be focused again on protecting populations, evacuating preventively and preventing the flames from both fronts from merging. Even so, the Military Emergency Unit (UME) already treats them as a…
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The forest fires that already affect 45,000 hectares and have forced the evacuation or confinement of more than 88,500 people in the province of Ávila and the Community of Madrid continue this Saturday active and uncontrolled. During the night, they have made “very little progress and their intensity has decreased,” but the increase in wind that has occurred throughout the day is worrying. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has warned that the situation remains complex: “We do not know what the evolution of the wind will be, despite the fact that temperatures have dropped,” he noted from the…
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