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The Venta del Moro fire reignites and devastates 800 hectares next to the Hoces del Cabriel natural park

2022-07-05T05:05:01.549Z


The fire, caused by lightning on Sunday, was stabilized until the wind reactivated it on Monday and it overflowed.


Extinction work of the UME in the Venta del Moro fire, in a Twitter image of the army unit captured in the early hours of this Tuesday.

The fire declared this Sunday afternoon in Venta del Moro (Valencia) is "absolutely overwhelmed" and already affects some 800 hectares of forest land.

In addition, the meteorological conditions of high temperatures, low humidity and west wind that are expected for this Tuesday leave "quite negative perspectives" that could complicate the extinction of the fire, according to what the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, said on Monday. He traveled at the last minute to the Advanced Command Point (PMA), located in Casas de Moya, a village in the municipality.

Puig confirmed that the fire was caused by lightning, while stressing that the troops working on the fire "want to take advantage of the most favorable situation at night", since from 2:00 p.m. tomorrow a situation is expected “very complex” weather, with west winds and storms, which would complicate control tasks.

In this sense, he pointed out that last night's objective was to perimeter the fire "as much as possible", especially in the area near the Hoces del Cabriel park, "an area of ​​very high ecological value."

"We are paying maximum attention because the fire could last extraordinarily and affect a large forest mass," he added.

Video of the device extinguished #IFVentadelMoro, which has comptat with more than 300 people in the field.

Part of the device will continue to work throughout all of the corresponding fillers.

Ja s'hi have withdrawn the prop of 20 mitjans aeris, which is reincorporated to l'eixida del sol pic.twitter.com/nlNyXsLqsP

– Bombers Consortium VLC (@BombersValencia) July 4, 2022

The Hoces del Cabriel Natural Park is located in the Utiel-Requena region, between the municipalities of Villargordo del Cabriel, Venta del Moro and Requena.

It has an area of ​​31,446 hectares and is the largest protected area in the entire Valencian Community.

The Cabriel river is the dividing line between the Valencian lands and those of Castilla-La Mancha in more than 50 kilometers.

The Valencian part is considered a natural park, while the Castilian riverbank is a nature reserve and both belong to the Valle del Cabriel Biosphere Reserve, declared by UNESCO in 2019.

Given the complications of the fire, the 112 CV Emergency Coordination Center requested on Monday afternoon the collaboration of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), which this Tuesday morning will incorporate 80 more soldiers and two Cougar helicopters from the Helicopter Battalion of Emergencies II (BHELEME II) to help in the work of extinguishing the fire.

During the night, two sections and a machine of engineers from #BIEM3 will work in the queue, right flank and head of the #IFVentadelMoro.


In the morning, 80 more soldiers from @UMEgob and 2 Cougar helicopters from #BHELEME @EjercitoTierra with helibalde will join.


Total 215 soldiers.

pic.twitter.com/fOBZE8x5ng

– UME (@UMEgob) July 4, 2022

As reported by the UME on its Twitter account, during this morning two sections and a machine of engineers from the Third Emergency Intervention Battalion (BIEM III) "work in line, right flank and head" of the forest fire.

With the incorporation of the aforementioned 80 soldiers, 215 members of this unit will work to extinguish the fire, in addition to all the resources of the Generalitat and the provincial Fire Departments, with more than 300 troops on the ground.

In this sense, the 112 has requested the intervention of troops from Castilla La Mancha, and various means of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.

Specifically, two seals, two amphibians, a kamov, two helicopter carriers and an observation helicopter.

Currently, 15 ground units, three fire trucks, and three crews and 11 forestry brigades of the Valencia Provincial Firefighters Consortium are working.

As for aerial means, three helicopters of forest firefighters of the Generalitat and another 11 aerial troops have been mobilized.

The Valencian president remarked that so far there has been no evacuation of any municipality and "there is no prospect that the fire will directly affect the populations."

However, he pointed out that "there has been a problem" in some country houses, which has required the evacuation "more than housing, material."

A forest firefighter at the Venta del Moro fire, in an image from the Provincial Firefighters Consortium.

VALENCIA PROVINCIAL FIREFIGHTERS CONSORTIUM (Europa Press)


In fact, the fire forced this Monday to vacate the Finca del Paraje del Tochar, and, currently, level 2 of the Special Plan Against the Risk of Forest Fires (PEIF) is active.

This level is established when an emergency situation caused by one or several forest fires can seriously affect the population and assets of a non-forest nature, which requires the immediate adoption of protection and relief measures, as well as the incorporation of extraordinary means. .

In addition, it can lead to situations that lead to the national interest.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) indicated this Monday that a west and southwest wind blew throughout the day in the area, while high temperatures were recorded, with maximums of up to 38º, and very low humidity, below twenty%.

The wind has caused the column of smoke from the fire to expand almost 150 kilometers to the northeast.

In this way, it has reached the coast through the Plana Baixa and has come to exceed almost 100 km les Illes Columbretes, Aemet pointed out on its social networks.

Puig was accompanied on his visit to the outpost by the Regional Secretary for Security and Emergencies, José María Ángel, the General Director of the Interior, Salva Almenar, and the Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé.

Source: elparis

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