Spain burns! Over 1,500 people evacuated because of forest fires!
Spain burns! Over 1,500 people evacuated because of forest fires!
Tarifa, Spanien - In Spain, over 1,500 people from their residential areas must currently be evacuated, while a continued heat wave at 40 degrees Celsius tightens the situation. Kleine Zeitung reports that several hundred people from the affected areas in Kastilien-León and other parts of the country have to flee before to bring devastating forest fires to safety. Many residents only have the escape, while the fire brigade is severely restricted due to extreme conditions such as high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds during the extinguishing work.
Around 60 soldiers from the UME military emergency unit and 20 emergency vehicles are on site to support the fire brigade. Initial measures to create fire lanes are used by using aircraft and bulldozers. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez thanked the emergency services in a message on platform X for their tireless use.
increasing risk of fire and suspicion of arson
The current forest fire season is one of the most dramatic of the past few years and already exceeds the figures from 2024. Nachrichten. Hectar forest rose in flames - compared to 26,000 hectares in the same period of the previous year. In the province of Badajoz, where a devastating fire recently damaged around 2,500 hectares of forest, arson is also suspected as a possible cause.
in Toledo led a large fire to the evacuation of 60 people and to the lock of a city with 2,000 inhabitants. The layers remain tense across the entire country, since numerous fires are also reported in the regions of Alicante, Almería and Ávila. The Minister Abel Bautista emphasizes the suspicion of arson, especially in areas that have been affected by similar incidents in recent years.
a persistent threat from forest fires
The forest fire situation in Spain could further tighten, especially since the high temperatures should continue until at least Thursday, according to the weather service. Deutschlandfunk emphasizes that the causes of forest fires are increasingly inhumane. Factors such as global warming, intensive wood stroke and other human activities contribute significantly to the increase and uncontrollability of the fires.
The global consequences of these fires are alarming. In 2023, around 26 million hectares of forest burned worldwide, which led to an enormous CO2 emission of around 8.8 billion tons. This development contributes to the climate crisis and global warming, which is why experts require a functional focus of fire fighting towards fire avoidance. This is the only way to offer the existing forests in the long term and at the same time improve the alarming situation in Spain and worldwide.
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