The mobilization continued Sunday in Spain to try to control a fire that decimated 6,000 hectares of forest in four days in the southern region of Malaga, where the authorities have decided to carry out new evacuations.
This giant fire, at work since Wednesday evening in the mountain of Sierra Bermeja, in southern Spain, regained strength on Sunday morning by uniting with a second outbreak, initially caused by the first fire, have explained the authorities.
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He led the regional government of Andalusia to request the support of the Emergency Military Unit and to preventively evacuate several new villages, including Genalguacil, Juzcar and Jubrique, the emergency services said on Twitter.
"
We are talking about a fire of unusual power and strength compared to the fires that we are used to seeing
", explained at a press conference an official of the firefighting service, Alejandro Garcia. , to justify these decisions.
More than 600 firefighters on the bridge
In total, more than 2,000 people have been evacuated as a result of the fire, in which a 44-year-old firefighter was killed on Thursday.
More than 600 professionals are also deployed to fight the disaster and help residents, according to the regional government of Andalusia.
These are supported by water bomber planes and numerous helicopters.
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According to "
provisional figures obtained by the Copernicus satellite of the European Commission
", the flames have already ravaged "
an area greater than 6,000 hectares,
" said the Ministry of Ecological Transition in a press release. According to the ministry, the fight against this fire is made difficult by the “
peculiarities of the terrain
”, characterized by steep slopes, but also by “
unfavorable weather conditions
”.