Seriously worsen the situation of forest fires in the province by declaring two more level 2 fires in Garaño and Molinaseca in recent hours. This would imply that the province of León concentrates more than half of the 16 of this type in Spain.
Garaño's is the first large one played by the center of the province, which until now had been free of this type of seriously claims. It is between Soto and Amío and La Magdalena.
The count, right now is nine level fires that could behave serious risk to the population and non -forestry goods, being able to involve relief measures for the population or protection of goods: Fasgar, Anllares del Sil, Barniedo de la Reina, Llamas de Cabrera, Gestoso, Igüeña and La Baña, to which Molinca and Garaño have joined.
The authorities have just confirmed the eviction of Molinaseca in El Bierzo due to the proximity of the front to the houses as seen in the main photography of the news and also the eviction of Viñayo, a loop of the Piedrasecha and Sagüera de Luna neighborhoods by the fire of Garaño.
In addition, at six in the afternoon, before the worsening of the hill fire, the town of Fasgar is evicted when the fire is reactivated, in addition to the towns of Vegapujín, Posada de Omaña and Barrio de la Puente.
The evictions of the rural nuclei evacuated this afternoon due to the threat of forest fires, affecting about three hundred people in a dozen locality:
The forest fire fires of the potential gravity index (IGR) emerged today in Molinaseca, in the region of Bierzo, and in Garaño, in the municipality of Soto and Amío, have forced to evict a total of six locations.
In the first of the fires it is Molinaseca and Lombillo de los Barrios, whose neighbors are transferred to the José Arroyo de Ponferrada pavilion, and, in the case of Garaño, there are 140 the evacuees are Viñayo (80), Piedrasecha (25), Portilla de Luna (30) and Sagüera de Luna (5).
On the other hand, the reactivation of the forest fire, also of level 2 of the IGR, initiated on Agostó 8, also forced to evacuate the 150 neighbors to whom the realojo was authorized yesterday in Fasgar (70), Vegapujín (15), Posada de Omaña (25), Torrecillo (16) and Barrio de la Puente (24), which are transferred to Riello.
To these we must add the three hundred of the bathe yesterday, which reflects the magnitude of the emergency in a day that things were thought to improve and have ended up worseing dramatically.
Special attention must also be paid to the roads. Due to forest fires, seven secondary schools remain in the province of León: LE-126 in La Baña, the LE-5330 in Igüeña, the LE-4212 in Cariseda, the LE-5228 in Bouzas and the LE-7311 in Nogar. And also the ZA-103 in Vigo de Sanabria, in addition to the south of the Leonese region of Hervás, on the border of Cáceres with Salamanca.
Meanwhile, of gravity level fires 1 is only activated by Canalejas, to which seven levels are added but active and six other controlled, but not given by extinguished, as collected on the website of the Civil Protection Plan for emergencies for forest fires in Castilla y León. The latter would be Yeres (still active) and Orallo, Paradiña, La Nail, Cain de Valdeón, Barrillos, Villafruea del County in 'controlled' situation
According to the Iical Agency, the facts have occurred as follows: The Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning decreed in the early afternoon of this Sunday the level two of the potential gravity index (IGR) for two forest fires emerged today in Garaño, in the municipality of Soto and Amío, and in Molinase, in the region of the Bierzo. In both cases it is due to the fact that there are situations that could behave serious risk to the population and goods of a non -forest nature.
The first of them originated in Garaño a few minutes after 14 hours for reasons that are unknown and reached level 2 around four in the afternoon. In their extinction they work an environmental agent, a terrestrial gang and another helitransported, two pumps and two aerial media.
For its part, Molinaseca began for unknown reasons about 4 pm and reached level two in less than an hour. In the place an environmental agent, a land gang and another helitransported, three pumps, an aerial medium and an endowment belonging to another administration are displaced.
A apparently 'quiet' morning
(Information updated at 12 in the morning) The province of León began today Sunday with a 16 forest fires that “require attention and means for its extinction”, in a day in which “the temperatures are going to rise, there will be no rainfall, the humidity has dropped and changing winds are announced”, which could “complicate them” despite “a positive evolution during the night.”
The latest information, from Radio León, suggests that the fire in Picos de Europa has reproduced again in two spotlights, in Cain's and that of Barniedo de la Reina. This has happened due to wind gusts.
Yesterday the fire in La Cabrera arrived from Porto. The neighbors of the bathroom continue to be evicted where the means of extinction strive to prevent it from penetrating the Cabrera Baja.
In the body area, hot spots continue to be registered and, in Peñalba de Santiago, a surveillance checkpoint is maintained.
Meanwhile, in the Fasgar fire the flames continue to move towards the tremor valley above, in an area of difficult access in front. It is a “very active” fire that hinders aerial means. The idea is to take it, controlling the sides of the fire, to the open sky where the operation is confident in being able to stop it. Meanwhile, in the outgoing area, several reproductions that have been controlled have been counted.
In the Colinas del Campo fire, the works focus on stabilizing the fire. It maintains two active languages where you are still working. It is stabilized and content. ”
According to the situation, the Iical Agency, the territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in León, Eduardo Diego, transferred today that “progress is made towards a stabilization of fires”, although “they require means and resources”, in what “will work throughout the day.” And that is going to work throughout the night. In addition, the province has 435 people evacuated from three locations and 1,555 confined in another 27, while 145 farmers have requested aid to feed 22,690 head of cattle, which requires the distribution of 715 tons of fodder and feed.
“To this day, in those seven IGR2 that we have in the province of León, an IGR1, two IGR0 stabilized and six IGR0 controlled, which currently counts or we have in the province of León 16 fires that require attention and means for its extinction. Giving a review of these fires, understanding that the temperatures are going to rise, that we are going to no rain Throughout today's day that these fires can complicate us, ”explains the territorial delegate.
Finally, the territorial delegate of the Board in León remarked, according to the Ical Agency, a reactivation yesterday of the Fire of Cain de Valdeón, which comes from Asturias and that “it is entering strongly into the truce channel, putting at risk what is the route of the Cares itself”, so “it will work in coordination with Asturias to try to make the effects the least possible given the importance of the importance of the tourist. as an economic resource for the area ”.
