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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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A total of seven aerial means and numerous ground means are working to try to extinguish a fire declared this Saturday in an area of vegetation in La Vall d’Uixò (Castellón), but which is already affecting a forest area. As reported by the Castellón Provincial Firefighters Consortium, the current evolution of the fire is negative.Continue reading
The fire that is ravaging the southwest corner of the Community of Madrid and has already burned more than 6,000 hectares remains active and uncontrolled this Saturday. The region’s emergency service has reported that “the fire is still active” and that its evolution “will be determined by the wind regime that occurs in the coming hours.” The firefighters have worked “intensely” throughout the night, taking advantage of three factors that, according to the Government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, opened an “opportunity” to try to control the flames: low temperatures, less wind and increased humidity, which was very low throughout…
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The forest fires that are ravaging Madrid and Castilla y León continue to burn uncontrollably. In Castilla y León there are nine active fires, with three towns with evacuation orders and two confined to Ávila. In total, more than 8,000 inhabitants evacuated and 5,000 confined. And in Madrid, the three assets, which have forced eight municipalities to be evacuated and three to be confined, have joined together this afternoon on a single front, which complicates the extinction efforts. There are already 50,000 evacuees or confined in the community. Between the two regions, there are 63,000 inhabitants affected and around 15,000…
The cat is not in the kitchen. Not behind the couch, not in the laundry basket. Not under the beds either. There is no trace of Mili for a while now. Mohamed Chara shouts her name, crawls on the ground and hisses, but the cat does not show herself. A message arrives on the phones with a high alert sound: “Due to the evolution of the fires in the Community of Madrid, to all the inhabitants of Chapinería, leave the municipality.” Mohamed Chara quickly fills Mili’s food and water dishes and leaves them by the door, for when he appears.…