Valladolid (EFE) of the temperatures, the wind and the dryness of the terrain.
The new entry of a mass of hot air in height will cause a notable increase in temperatures, both maximum and minimum, the regional Executive has detailed in a statement, in which it recalls that this is the second notice of these characteristics within the period of high fire danger in 2023.
This entry of hot air presents a “greater degree of consolidation and persistence than previous episodes, more specific, which in any case have been generating a progressive worsening of the humidity conditions of the fuel, of a cumulative nature”, added the Board.
Fire risk due to gusts of wind
Regarding the wind forecast, for Monday the south and east of the Community are announced with gusts of 25-30 km/h, which would be higher in the east (55-60), while for Tuesday they would be 35-40 km /h in the east and up to 65-70 in the center.
With this order, the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning establishes preventive and organizational measures on the use of fire and the prohibition of carrying out work in the mountains and a 400-meter strip of rustic land that surrounds it with machinery that generates, such as consequence of its normal operation, deflagration, sparks or electric discharges.
In addition, the harvesters and balers must stop if the temperature of 30 degrees and 30 kilometers per hour of wind intensity are simultaneously exceeded.
Specifically, the resolution prohibits lighting a fire in the mountains in all kinds of open spaces, as well as in recreational and camping areas, even in areas designated for this purpose, the use of barbecues in open spaces; and suspends the authorizations for the use of fire and fireworks.EFE