Oviedo, Apr 11 (EFE).- Asturias woke up today with 43 active fires in 23 different municipalities, although most of them do not pose a risk and are already in the review phase, so the extinction work, at the that six aerial means will be added today, they will focus on the fires that are active in Las Regueras, Illano and Gozón.
In Las Regueras, where the fire threatened four towns in this council and neighboring Candamo last Saturday, the flames have been under control since Sunday night, but firefighters and personnel from a forestry company continue to prevent them from reproducing. the flames
In the Navedo fire, in the municipality of Illas, where the largest media gathered yesterday, firefighters from the Barres park remained overnight, who will be relieved throughout the morning and reinforced with personnel from a forestry company, reports the Principality’s Emergency Service.
In the council of Gozón, the fire declared in Condres is already stabilized and the work is focused on finishing tasks and perimeter control.
The extinguishing device will be reinforced today with two seaplanes, two helicopters and a Preventive Work Brigade from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, troops to which two other helicopters from the Principality will be added.
The drop in temperatures, the entry of air from the north laden with high humidity and the arrival of some drizzle are helping to put an end to the second wave of fires that has been registered in Asturias since March 23, the date from which they have burned more than 20,000 hectares.
Today in Asturias weak rainfall, falling temperatures and light winds are expected, a day in which the risk of fires has decreased, which will only be “very high” in 12 councils in the southwest of the community and “high” in another 42.