Valencia (EFE).- The Valencian Community has suffered up to six fires this Sunday, two of which have already been extinguished and another is stabilized. This is the last hour of the fireworks.
FOREST FIRE IN BARX
Declared around 3:00 p.m., the Barx forest fire (Valencia) has mobilized up to seven aerial means and several land means, and has forced the decree of situation 1 of the Special Plan against the risk of fires (PEIF) for being near homes.
In addition, a total of 9 hikers and a fire prevention watchman have had to be evacuated by air, having been isolated at the top of Mondúver.
The fire has been considered stabilized.
FOREST FIRE IN STIVELLA
In Estivella (Valencia) a forest fire broke out around 1:00 p.m. very close to the water tanks next to the Sierra Calderona campsite.
The fire has mobilized up to two aerial means and several land means during the afternoon, and has forced the decree of the risk due to the proximity of homes.
It has finally been terminated shortly after 9:00 p.m.
FOREST FIRE IN ALTEA
At around 3:30 p.m., the notice was received for a forest fire in Altea (Alicante), near the Riquet ravine, which was considered controlled an hour later and extinguished at 4:47 p.m.
The fire has affected 0.03 hectares of scrub, and the provisional cause is negligence.
FOREST FIRE IN THE VILLAGE OF VALLBONA
Around 5:00 p.m. a new fire broke out, this time in a house in the municipality of La Pobla de Vallbona (Valencia), which has passed into forest land.
The fire has made it necessary to evacuate several nearby residences in a preventive manner, as well as to rescue a man and his dogs that had been trapped in a plot affected by the fire.
Up to four fire crews and a sergeant from the Consortium worked during the afternoon on the extinguishing work, as well as the Special Height Rescue Group (GERA) with a helicopter, and a forest fire department unit from the Generalitat.
The fire is still active.
VEGETATION FIRE IN LLÍRIA
Around 7:00 p.m., the Emergency Coordination Center received a notice of a vegetation fire in Llíria, which has affected at least one home.
Two air resources from the Generalitat and another from the Consortium have been mobilized, as well as two fire departments and a fire prevention unit.
The fire is still active.
FOREST FIRE IN GODELLETA
The last declared fire was the one registered in Godelleta, in La Fuentecica, which affects the Murtal ravine, and which has also made it necessary to establish situation 1 of the PEIF due to the proximity of houses.
An air force from the Generalitat has been mobilized to this fire, which had withdrawn at 8:30 p.m., and 5 teams from the Provincial Consortium, a forest fire unit, a fire engine and an environmental agent continue to work.
The fire is still active.