Santiago de Compostela, March 29 (EFE).- The Consellería del Medio Rural of the Xunta de Galicia has just requested the declaration as a preventive measure of “Situation 2” in the currently active forest fire in the Lucan municipality of Baleira, parish of Cubilledo.
This emergency operational situation is declared due to the proximity of the fire to the nucleus of Fórneas, the aforementioned regional department reports in a statement.
This fire started after five in the afternoon yesterday and according to the latest estimates affects an area of more than 120 hectares.
So far, 3 technicians, 13 agents, 27 brigades, 13 motor pumps, 1 shovel, 2 planes and 3 helicopters have been mobilized to control the fire.
The strong gusts of wind that were registered this Wednesday in the area have forced the aerial means to temporarily withdraw the extinction device early in the afternoon.