Forest Fires in Spain, Live Today: Active Spotlights and Last Minute in Castilla Y León, Galicia and Extremadura
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Ourense, León, Zamora, Lleida, Tarragona, Cáceres, Carcastillo. They are just some of the locations burned down this year by the flames, in one summer, another, of tragic results in the field of fires. In this situation, there is again a debate on how to face a situation that, climate change through, has been exacerbated in recent years by issues of mere physical and meteorological incidence, apart from a growing abandonment of the rural area an…
Analysis of the Law of Mounts and the legislation of Galicia, Extremadura, Asturias and Castilla y León.
That Saturday 13 serious fires are still active in Spain and affect the communities of Castilla y León, Galicia and Asturias. The figure has dropped “significantly” in the last hours, as explained by the Director General of Civil Protection, Virginia Farcones, after the meeting of the State Coordination Committee (Cecod), in which the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, particip…
Some twenty level 2 forest fires remain unchecked in Castilla y León, Galicia and Extremadura, in which it is already the worst wave of fires recorded in Spain in at least three decades.The advance of the flames has forced more than 33,750 people to be evicted.Since June 1, the authorities have arrested 33 people and investigated 93 others for their alleged involvement in the origin of the fires, which so far have left four dead victims.Last hou…
The government delegate in Extremadura, José Luis Quintana, defended on Wednesday the "absolute speed" in the response that the State gave to the Junta when, on 15 August, he requested a reinforcement of the means to deal with the succession of fires in the region. Spain announced the activation of the European Civil Protection Mechanism on 11 August, which was activated a day later, and on 14 international media were already operating in Spain,…
In the midst of the flood of criticisms and political debates over the lack of means during the wave of fires in Spain, access to letters and emails clarify how the requests for assistance from the autonomous communities governed by the PP: Galicia, Castile and León and Extremadura were developed. The documents, dated August 15, show that the requests for assistance arrived three days after the Government officially activated the European Civil …
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