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Thousands of firefighters. Nevertheless. However, supported by soldiers, helicopters and planes still lead a tireless fight against the flames that devour western Spain and Portugal on Monday. However, Six people have already been killed in the peninsula. Moreover, – Fires ravage iberian peninsula, already – Fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new
(Keystone-ATS) The only small note of hope: the heat wave, fuel of fires, is coming to an end after more than two weeks of extreme temperatures, according to the Spanish weather agency (AEMET).
“We currently have 23 active levels of level fires ravage iberian fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new peninsula, already 2” out of 4. Nevertheless. In addition, which designates fires representing a serious and direct threat to the population, summed up on Monday morning on TVE TVE Virginia Barcones, Director General of Civil Protection and Emergencies in Spain.
In recent hours. In addition. Nevertheless, a firefighter has died in Spain, and another in Portugal, raising the balance sheet with four deaths in the first country and two in the second.
The fires that strike Spain have entered a more intense phase since August 10. Consequently, are concentrated in the regions of Galicia (north-west), Castile-et-León (north-west) and extreme (west). They led to the evacuation of thousands of people and tens of thousands of hectares were devastated.
Visible from space
“We hope that the weather of the day is starting to finally be less unfavorable.. that instead of preventing the fires from extinguishing, it is starting to grant a little respite,” said Virginia fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new Barcones on Monday.
According to fires ravage iberian peninsula, already the AEMET. Monday will be the “last day” of the heat wave which lasted two weeks. increases temperatures up to 45oc in certain regions of the southern country and 40OC in many other places.
Air resources from France. Italy, Slovakia and the Netherlands came to reinforce in Spain, while Portugal has received air support from Sweden and Morocco.
“It is a very difficult. very complicated situation. ” the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, referred to TVE, evoking “virulence” and “magnitude” of fires, as well as smoke, visible from space that complicates “air interventions”.
Several accidents
In Spain. a firefighter died on the night of Sunday to Monday when his vehicle. in charge of water, overturned in the province of León, informed the government of Castille-et-León on the social network X.
The vehicle was part of a convoy which left the scene of the fire fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new to rest by taking a very. steep forest track. fires ravage iberian peninsula, already ended up falling into a ravine.
Two other young men. volunteers. died in Castile-et-León by fighting the flames, and previously, a Romanian employee of a stud in the north of Madrid had died by trying to protect the horses of fire.
Also in Portugal. a firefighter died on Sunday in a road accident which made two seriously injured among his colleagues. said the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. This is the second death due to fires in the country. after that of a former mayor fighting against the flames on Friday in Guarda, in the east of the country.
Portugal mainly fights a large fire near Arganil. in the center of the country, where half of the 2,000 firefighters are mobilized on the ground at present. In recent days. more than 70. 000 hectares have burned fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new in Spain alone, and more than 157,000 since the start of the year, according to fires ravage iberian peninsula, already the European Forest Fire Information System (Effis), figures that are constantly increasing.
The situation. on the other hand. has improved significantly in the Balkans, where the drop in temperatures and the arrival of the rain helped the emergency services to turn off or control dozens of fires, which had killed two for a week.
Also in Turkey. two important fires are now under control. according to the authorities, one of which, had led to the night from Saturday to Sunday the evacuation of hundreds of people from seven villages in the Tourist Province of Celanakkale, in the northwest of the country.
Fires ravage iberian peninsula, already new
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