Spanish authorities said many families were displaced and many roads were closed in the north of the country due to the “arson” fire that broke out on Friday afternoon.
And the newspaper “Le Figaro” reported that “more than a hundred arson fires were counted in northern Spain on Friday, with another fire that has been raging for more than a week raging near the eastern city of Valencia of the country,” according to officials. .
“According to the officials of these two regions in the northernmost part of Spain, a total of 119 fires broke out in the region of Asturias and the neighboring region of Cantabria on Friday afternoon. The two mountainous regions are known for their dense forests,” the newspaper said. said.
“We are facing real terrorists who are endangering lives, villages and cities,” the president of the Asturias region said in a tweet on Twitter.
The newspaper added that due to several forest fires started by strong winds, the coastal city of Valdes, which was surrounded by flames, was isolated, several hundred people were evacuated and many roads were closed, while the city of Oviedo witnessed the fire reached its gates. Naranco because of the mountain fire.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a tweet on “Twitter” during his visit to China that he expressed “solidarity with the families affected” in Castellón, in the eastern region of Valencia, where a massive forest fire broke out since March 23. and firefighters were able to calm down. The fire broke out on Friday, according to the district emergency service.
And this year, fires in Spain have destroyed a total of 4,700 hectares and forced the evacuation of 1,300 people, and officials believe that the fire season, once limited to summer, is now extending from spring to fall as a result of climate change. In 2022, the year of forest fires in Europe.
According to the European Forest Fire Information System, Spain is the worst affected country on the continent, with nearly 500 fires that have destroyed more than 300,000 hectares.
Source: Le Figaro newspaper.
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