The fire declared last Monday afternoon in the municipality of Bejís (Castellón) is evolving favorably and there is no flame left in most of the perimeter, which exceeds 138 kilometers and has devoured almost 20,000 hectares.
Last night, with a drop in wind speed, the brigades were given a break, but the rising temperatures expected this weekend, above 30 degrees, and the presence of wind in the afternoon, together with the low humidity, caution is advised, according to the firefighting services.
The next few hours are crucial, the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, has predicted, after meeting with the controls at the forefront of extinction.
At the end of the meeting, Puig announced the staggered return of the residents evacuated from the towns of Bejís and its districts, and from Torás.
Users of the Viver
campsite
, also evicted, will be able to return but only to recover their belongings and the perimeter confinement of the municipality of Alcublas has been lifted.
The reopening of the towns of Sacañet and Teresa and the return home of their residents is pending.
Iberdrola company technicians check that there is no risk of breakage in the affected power lines and the water supply companies check that the service meets health conditions.
"The night has been positive, there are still hot spots in the areas of Toro and Andilla, but not in Cova Santa, in the municipality of Altura, where the area has cooled down during the night, so the danger for the Sierra Calderona and its natural park has been neutralized”, summarized the president.
The evolution of the fire this weekend is decisive to stabilize the fire that affects the Alto Palancia region of Castellón, Puig insisted.
State of a house that has suffered damage due to the forest fire in Bejís, this Saturday. Biel Aliño (EFE)
General view of the area burned by the forest fire in Bejís (Castellón). Biel Aliño (EFE)
General view of the area burned by the Bejís forest fire (Castellón).
Biel Aliño (EFE)
Several neighbors in the streets of Bejís after being deconfined by the fire, this Saturday. Jorge Gil - Europa Press (Europa Press)
A car passes by the Bejís highway, this Saturday. Jorge Gil (Europa Press)
The remains of a trunk burn in Bejís, this Saturday., Biel Aliño (EFE)
A resident of the town of Bejís (Castellón) cools the area near his home with a hose, on his return to the town after being evacuated due to the forest fire that started on Monday and faces critical hours this Saturday due to erratic winds and low humidity. Biel Dressing (EFE)
Burned trees and vegetation, this Saturday in Bejís (Castellón). Jorge Gil (Europa Press)
Road that connects the Castellón towns of El Toro and Torás, with the surrounding area burned due to the forest fire that broke out in the municipality of Bejís, in the interior of the province of Castellón.Biel Aliño (EFE)
General view of the landscape in Bejís this Saturday. Biel Aliño (EFE)
According to the Emergency services of the Generalitat, during the night they have been working with "direct attack" in the Andilla area (Valencia), in ravines that are difficult to access, where there were still flames, which has prevented the perimeter of the fire grow after six days of uncontrollable progress.
The small municipality of Andilla, which was celebrating its festivities, has been confined since last Thursday afternoon.
JCS has a second residence in Andilla and had to leave it two days ago because if they did not confine him.
“The fire jumped from Bejís to Toro and from there to Andilla.
Today the situation in the area seems under control and people are waiting for the Emergency report to see when they can enter and leave the town”, he comments.
Consuelo Alfonso, mayor of the town, still does not know the damage that the fire has caused in the municipal district: "It seems that it has been a high mountain, but any loss of nature hurts a lot," she declared in À Punt.
The area suffered a terrible fire in 2012, which destroyed 50,000 hectares of nature in several Valencian regions.
In Bejís, its mayor, María José Madrid, focuses on the trail of desolation left by the fire.
"Everyone arrives crying, this is very strong," says the first mayor, who points out that she was "euphoric" when this morning they told her that the eviction was over, but that as she arrived in town and saw "the panorama" only you can say that it is “terrible, terrifying”.
During the night, nine units of Forest Firefighters from the Generalitat, nine fire engines, a volunteer brigade from Fuentes de Ayódar, eight crews from the Castellón Provincial Firefighters Consortium, a BRIF unit from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and 146 troops worked on the ground. of the Military Emergency Unit.
At dawn, 12 aerial media from the Generalitat, 19 from MITECO, two from Castilla La Mancha, three from the Generalitat de Catalunya and another three from the Government of Aragon have joined.
Ground troops who were fighting the fire in Vall d'Ebo, the other big fire of the week, have joined the one in Bejís after the first one has stabilized.
Another of the fires that scared its neighbors was the one that caused a latent lightning strike early Friday morning in the municipality of Olocau (Valencia).
It is still active but its evolution is favourable, like the Vall d'Ebo fire in Alicante, which has stabilized.
This weekend a new perimeter with thermal camera of the drone unit is planned, although provisional estimates suggest that the fire has burned some 12,150 hectares of land in 100 kilometers of perimeter.
The operational personnel in the extinction tasks of Vall d'Ebo have been distributed during the last night in two sectors without any new developments.
Two units of Forest Firefighters from the Generalitat Valenciana, two fire engines and 20 crews from the Alicante Provincial Firefighters Consortium have worked.
The fire that burned this area of the Marina region since last Saturday night, August 13, forced the evacuation of some 1,500 people from numerous towns in Vall de Gallinera, Vall d'Alcalà, and municipalities of the Comtat region .
The fire was stabilized this Friday and the affected neighbors are gradually returning to their homes since Thursday.