The Villanueva de Viver fireplace threatens the Sierra de Espadán and already covers 50 km of perimeter

This was reported by the Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration, Gabriela Bravo, in her final look earlier than the media on the evolution of the fireplace from the Advanced Command Post (PMA). As she has detailed, there are two important factors, one between the cities of Montán and Montanejos and the opposite between Montán and Fuente La Reina.

In whole, the fireplace already covers 50 kilometers of perimeter and has calcined round 4,300 hectares.

The minister has additionally highlighted that the winds have modified and, due to this fact, the route of the fireplace that’s now going in direction of Fuente la Reina, some flames that Bravo has described as “nice voracity and really virulent”.

Caudiel, unconfined

As he has detailed, between 2:00 p.m. and three:00 p.m. this Monday, there have been “very important moments” because of the proximity of the fireplace to the municipality of Montán, though he has confused that they already had the bottom sources ready within the containment line to cope with the scenario and has prevented it from affecting houses.

Bravo recalled that, as a safety measure, some 80 folks have been evacuated in lower than an hour from the municipalities of Higueras, Pavías and Torralba del Pinar, most of whom have gone with family members, and The confinement of Caudiel was agreed “because of the depth of the smoke that may trigger some well being drawback”, which has already been launched. No extra eviction is contemplated at the moment, though the mandatory measures might be adopted if there are any adjustments.

Prevent it from reaching the Sierra de Espadán

“Most of the sources are in that space, on the CV-195 highway within the route of Montán to forestall the fireplace from advancing to the Sierra de Espadán,” he mentioned, as a result of that’s “the good goal.” Although he has acknowledged that in the meanwhile it’s not the principle menace, however nonetheless “we aren’t going to neglect it”. Two aerial means have been added to the extinction that the Catalan Generalitat has despatched.

The minister has urged to be “prudent” as a result of the fireplace “continues to be very lively, with nice depth”, with the climate because the “most important enemy” and a climate that “has not helped in any respect” and the wind activating and reactivating “small sources” that they’ve managed to cut back.

Regarding the nocturnal technique, though Bravo has confused that in the course of the evening there’s extra humidity, much less wind and fewer temperature, which assist the extinction work, all of the terrestrial technique of extinction will proceed to work, to chill all the new spots detected by UME drones and to forestall the fireplace from reaching Fuente la Reina and in direction of Montanejos.

The anticipated humidity for tonight might be 60%, and tomorrow, particularly in the course of the first a part of the morning, the west wind will proceed.