Firefighters Bring Forest Fire Near Tarragona In Spain Under Control
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Firefighters Bring Forest Fire Near Tarragona In Spain Under Control
TARRAGONA, Spain, 9th July, 2025 (WAM) – Hundreds of Spanish firefighters on Wednesday brought a forest fire under control after burning more than 3,000 hectares over the past three days near Tarragona, a port city in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region.More than 450 firefighters backed by hel ..
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The Generalitat (Catalan) Fire Brigade declared the Paüls (Tarragona) forest fire under control at 10:56 p.m. this Thursday, four days after it started. The total burned area amounts to 3,321 hectares, according to Agents Rurales. As of early afternoon, firefighting crews had still had to douse small plumes of smoke. Around 8:00 p.m., vehicles deployed around the perimeter sent favorable reports from their areas, confirming that "no plumes or ho…
The summer of 2025 is already the one that accumulates the most hectares burned at this stage of the campaign since, at least, 2010, when the data from Rural Agents obtained by the ACN began. Adding the 3,173.3 hectares affected by the Paüls fires, according to the latest update, since June 1st, 9,422.9 have already been burned, which exceeds the 6,576 of 2019, the year with the most impact until the first week of July. This campaign already add…
Catalonia has seen its worst summer on the fire front since 2012, with nearly 10,000 hectares already in smoke this season. The fire that was ravaging the south of the region could be stabilized, but the damage...
The fire has burned 3,321 hectares, a third of which is in the Els Ports natural park.
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