Rage for 10 days the fires in Spain – winds of wind make the work of firefighters difficult

Despite the drop in temperature, strong winds complicate the efforts of firefighters to control fires, raging more than 10 days in Western Spain, said the Director General of the country’s Civil Protection Service today. Firefighters, on the side of whom soldiers and air means, continue to fight with 21 fronts of fire 2, which means they represent an immediate threat to populations, Virkinia Bartones said during a press conference. “Temperatures have dropped, but heavy winds continue to complicate the task of extinguishing fires and the absence of rain does not help, even if we hope this will change in the coming days,” the official said. According to the Spanish Meteorological Service (AEMET), these winds are expected to weaken at the end of the day, with higher moisture levels and therefore more favorable to extinguishing fires. Rainfall is also expected tomorrow in some of the areas affected by […]
Source: News Beast

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