The initial estimate of the area already devastated by the fire in the north of the province of Cáceres is between 7,500 and 8,000 hectaresas pointed out by both the coordinator of the Extremadura Forest Fire Fighting Plan (INFOEX), Víctor Pérez, and the Civil Guard.
A figure very similar to the fire that devastated the Sierra de Gata and Las Hurdes regions 20 years ago, with the difference that the area affected in 2003 was the result of several days of flames while now it is “only 48 hours”.
The wind is the great enemy of the current fire, which began last Wednesday in the municipality of Pinofranqueado and has spread through the region of Las Hurdes and the Sierra de Gata. “Strong and intense gusts cause the flames to skip the free spaces of fuel” arboreal, he explained.
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Dischargemaría, Cadalso, Cat Oak and Sheep, evacuated
The management of the Extremadura Forest Fire Fighting Plan (INFOEX) has decided to evacuate 27 residents of OvejuelaLas Hurdes farmhouse (Cáceres), which were confined since yesterday due to the fire started in Pinofranqueado, which adds to those of Descargamaría, Robledillo de Gata and Gallows.
The President of the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Varawhich has been transferred this afternoon to the advanced point of Pinofranquedo, has detailed that they have been transferred to Moraleja and the most vulnerable to the residences for the elderly in Torre de Don Miguel, Coria and Pinofranqueado.
In addition, the Moraleja Training School, the third floor of the Coria Hospital, will be made available, and the Moraleja Continuing Care Point has been reinforced if necessary.
“Whoever did it knew very well what he was doing, when he was doing it how he was doing it,” said the chief executive, who advocates letting “those who know the most to give the best response” work.
Citizen collaboration is requested to locate the author or authors
The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Population and Territory, Begoña García Bernal, has appealed for citizen collaboration to clarify the authorship of the Pinofranqueado fire, in the Las Hurdes region of Cáceres, which remains out of control and cataloged with the level 2 dangerous.
As the counselor assured this Friday at a press conference in Mérida, it is a fire “clearly intentional” by an “environmental terrorist” since the night it started, vehicles were seen in the area where the lights came on, and it has asked the residents of the area to go to the State Security Corps and Forces to tell what they know about it.
The fire disrupts the electoral campaign
The PSOE of Extremadura and United for Extremadura (UPE) have communicated the suspension of the electoral agenda for this Friday of their candidates for the Presidency of the Board Guillermo Fernández Vara and Irene de Miguel respectively, due to the fire that ravages the north of the province of Cáceres, while the PP, Ciudadanos and Vox maintain it for the moment