US EditionMarlaska Asks the Eu for Two Seaplanes when There Are More than 30 Active Fires and Tens of Thousands of Hectares Razed
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Mediafax Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said to the local press that he requested two EU tanker planes to be conducted in the most affected areas, while a third person was killed in the battle with a vegetarian fire in the northwestern region of Leon Province.
The Minister of the Interior, Grande-Marlaska, announced yesterday that the Spanish government has requested two planes from the European Civil Protection Mechanism. These are the planes with the highest capacity to put out fires (more than 5,000 liters): the DHC-515, a modern version of the classic Canadair CL-415. Apparatuses thought of by the Ministries of Defence and Ecological Transition within the program for the modernization of the fleet…
The minister states that Spain "does not need the two planes" but has requested them "for the weather forecast" of the next few days. More information: Why thermal bursts aggravate fires like Tres Cantos: "They throw fire everywhere"
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The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, recalled this Wednesday that if an autonomous community understands that it cannot manage the crisis caused by the fires with the means at its disposal "it can request" the government "to declare itself an emergency of national interest".
Unlike what is happening in other autonomous regions, in Galicia, the Xunta (regional government) and the central government are absolutely willing to cooperate. This has been evident throughout this week, from the beginning of this emergency situation due to the fires, and was confirmed this Wednesday by the regional government delegate, Pedro Blanco, who stated that the executive led by Pedro Sánchez "will always be there for anything requeste…
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