The forest fires that are recorded in different parts of Galicia, which burn more than 4,700 hectares, are causing housing and cuts in transport: several foci have caused the high -speed train connection between Ourense and Madrid to be interrupted for several hours until their restoration at the end of the afternoon and the middle distance from Santiago de Compostela to Ourense for somewhat less time. Precisely, the sparks of a train have been indicated by the mayor of Ourense, Gonzalo Pérez Jácome, as a possible cause of the fires that surround the city.
In addition, the flames that affect Dozón (Pontevedra) have led to the traffic to the highway that joins Santiago with Ourense and also the N-525 road as it passes through the Pontevedrés municipality. This fire also threatens the houses of the Castro nucleus.
In Galicia there are twelve fires of more than twenty hectares, of which nine are located in Ourense. The Ourensana province continues to burning and the Xunta has decreed the emergency situation 2 for all its territory for fear that the flames cause damage to populations and non -forest goods. The measure, indicates the Ministry of Rural Environment, intends that the media, both of the community and other administrations, respond with more agility to send resources, as well as the expansion of the work schedule of the personnel in the fight against fires.
In the forest fire registered in the Oimbra Orensano City Council, which according to the latest estimates has burned an area of around 80 hectares, three municipal brigades have been injured after suffering burns. Specifically, the fire originated in the Parish of A Granxa. As sources of rural areas have confirmed to Europa Press, the injured firefighters belong to the Municipal Brigade and came as volunteers to collaborate in the extinction work.
Chandrexa de Queixa, the largest fire so far this year in Galicia
The homes are threatened in various parts of the province of Ourense, in which it has been necessary to evict the neighbors. The no controls have already calcined about 4,700 hectares, most of them in one place: the Chandrexa de Queixa fire, started early Friday afternoon, has taken about 3,000 hectares ahead and is the largest extension of Galicia so far this year. With its progress, it has put at risk in the last hours homes and it has been necessary to evict a group of neighbors. The same has happened in Maceda (with 500 hectares and proximity to the centers of Calveliño do Monte and Santiso) and also in Seixalbo, within the municipality of Ourense.
Outside this province, another fire burns since it was decreed Monday around 11:30 p.m. It affects about 200 hectares of the parish of Santalla in Samos (Lugo).
Queixa Chandrexa's flames still can not control themselves and in the last hours the 2 emergency situation was activated due to the proximity to the houses. There are already 3,000 burned hectares and the UME had to intervene.
During the early morning, according to Europa Press, there was a risk in Requeixo, Vilar and Zamorela nuclei. 112 Galicia informs that it was necessary to evict five neighbors in the place of A Senra.
The fire threatens homes also in Maceda. The mayor, Uxía Oviedo, assured Europa Press that four neighbors were evicted in Calveliño do Monte, where a background had to be done to protect the village. On the day on Tuesday they fear that the fire will rise to Montederram, where there is also a fire. This is the second forest fire in a few days in Maceda. The flames that began on Saturday night in Castro de Squadro threatened several homes in Sunday. At that point 450 hectares have already burned and the fire is stabilized. In the last hours the parish of Santiso has also begun to burn. At the moment there has been no calculation of the affected surface, but it is in this area where situation 2 is now declared.
In Ourense Capital, a fire has forced to evict neighbors from the parish of Seixalbo. According to Europa Press, the Local Police confirms that those affected are the residents of houses that are in the vicinity of the Barreiros Business Park.
There are more fires in various parts of the province of Ourense. In Vilardevós, where the flames also came to threaten houses, it still does not control, although stabilized, that of Republic, in which about 40 hectares have burned. In Montederramo, also stabilized, 120 hectares have already been burned in the wall parish. In Cartelle the flames affect 20 hectares so far, in a fire that remains active in the Parish of Anfaz. In Vilariño de Cono, the fire of Mormente is stabilized after razing 180 hectares and in Verín a fire is considered controlled that on Monday approached the houses and burned about 9 hectares.
This Tuesday, a new fire began that affects the parish of A Esculpeira, in a mosque, and that already affects about 20 hectares. There 56 elders have been evacuated from the residence of Seniors of San Martiño preventively to the town hall of the town. As sources from the Ministry of Social Policy have transferred, the idea is to return to the center to spend the night, this will depend on the situation. ”
The entire province of Ourense is in a situation 2 of emergencies due to the risks that fire can mean for the population or non -forest goods. The measure implies greater coordination between administrations to displace media.
The fireworks of Compañe, in Vilardevós, from this Tuesday at 10:02 hours (40 hectares) are stabilized in Ourense; Paredes, in Montederramo (120 hectares); Vilariño de Conso, parish of Mormente them (180 hectares); and Escuadro Castro, in Maceda (450 hectares).
Ya Controlled in Province Ourensana is, since La Madrugada, El de Verín, en la parroquia de Mourazos. EN The Coruña Encuentra Enta Misma Situat of the Monfer-Queixeiro, which affects the Las Fragas Natural Park of Eume (5 hectars); en Pontevedra, El de Souto, in the road (20 hectars), y en Lugo, El de Montesiro, en the fabric (150 hectars).
This Thursday it has been known that the Civil Guard investigates in Muxía (A Coruña) a 63 -year -old woman of that town in relation to her possible involvement in five fires in recent days, after listening to witnesses who saw her in the vicinity of the last focus, declared this Monday in the Parish of Frixe, and after detecting contradictions in her story.
