The Las Hurdes y Gata hearth has already burned 8,500 hectares, based on a provisional estimate

Firefighters combat towards the fireplace in Urdes

Some 500 individuals work within the space, together with land, air, and technical personnel of varied sorts. Andalusia sends 120 Infoca troops and Madrid prompts a bomber helicopter, which joins the extinction work. The prospects for evolution “will not be as dangerous as within the final 24 hours”, based on the Infoex plan

It is, because the Junta de Extremadura has laid out in a press launch, an approximate determine, since inside the perimeter there are “quite a few islands of vegetation that haven’t burned.”

After the assembly held this Friday afternoon, the extinction operation retains the fireplace lively, with a degree 2 degree of hazard, though the prospects for evolution “will not be as dangerous as within the final 24 hours.”

The most intense work throughout the day is being carried out in Valle del Árrago, the place Infoex has deployed many of the troops.

For the afternoon shift, an operation that exceeds 500 individuals will work within the vast perimeter, together with land and air means and technical personnel of varied sorts.

Apart from the help of the Government Brif, the Military Emergency Unit, the 2 Castillas, the provincial councils and Madrid (which has mobilized a bomber helicopter), the fireplace can have the help of an necessary floor crew from Infoca de Andalucía -with 120 troops – and 100 firefighters from Portugal.

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