Valencia (EFE) go back to their homes.
Almenar reported the last hour of the fire after the meeting of the extinction commanders and the mayor of Alzira, Diego Gómez.
The evolution has followed the trend of the first hour and has been favourable, indicated the person in charge of the Interior, who has assured that the work of the five aerial means and the 100 ground means has allowed the fire to be considered stabilized at 8:00 p.m. Saturday.
The general director has pointed out that “although there have been times when the weather has not been very favorable for us”, the work of refreshing the aerial and ground personnel with the manual tool has managed to greatly reduce the risk factors.
So much so, he added, that “during the afternoon we have not had any reproduction within the perimeter, but rather some smoke that has been suffocated by aerial means.”
A fire that “fortunately has not affected the Murta area,” Almenar has assured. Something that has happened “thanks to the work of the troops.”
preventive eviction
Regarding the eviction of people, around 130, it will be maintained in a preventive manner, since “there is still a risk” and the extinction director, the mayor and the rest of the technicians, “we have thought it convenient to leave that decision for Sunday ”, when it is verified that there are no reproductions and the perimeter is fresh, he has added.
The drones will make flights with a thermal camera to see the hot spots that may exist and, therefore, the people who have left their chalets and second homes will have to wait until today to see if they can return.
Some neighbors, he recalled, who were spending Easter in their second homes, and it has only been necessary to relocate a couple from La Rioja who were renting a property.
Regarding the causes of the fire, there was no atmospheric phenomenon that suggests that it started due to natural causes -such as lightning or a dry storm- and therefore, “because of the place where it originated, the first media that arrived” , the first hypotheses point to the fact that the hand of man could have been behind this fire that “has not necessarily been provoked”, but could also be “negligence or imprudence”.