Lisbon, Portugal (AP) – deploying another 500 soldiers for Spain War Wildfier For a long time of the scorching season, Prime Minister Pedro Sanches said on Sunday.
The decision to add more than 1,400 soldiers on wildfire was already struggled when the authorities struggled to include the forest blaze, especially in the North -Western Galicia region, and other European countries promised the arrival of the arrival of reinforcement.
Firefighters are dealing with 12 major wildfires in Gallicia, all of them near the city, Galician Regional Government chief Alphonso Ruida told a press conference with cenches.
“The houses are still in danger, so we have lockdowns and are withdrawn,” said Ruida. Gallicia has been struggling with flames spreading for more than a week.
The Spanish National Weather Agency Amet said that the temperature in Spain could reach 45 ° C (113 ° F). On Saturday, the maximum temperature in the southern city of Cordoba was 44.7 ° C (112.46 ° F).
“On this Sunday, when expected of exceptionally high temperatures, the danger of wildfire in most parts of the country is extreme,” Amet said on social platform X.
According to the European Union’s European Forest Fire Information System, this year the fire in Spain has given 158,000 hectares (390,000 acres) of water. This is a region as big as the metropolitan London.
According to the European Union’s Copernicus climate change service, Europe has been twice as hot as the global average since the 1980s. Scientists say that climate is change Frequency and intensity In some parts of Europe, heat and dryness, this area becomes more weak for wildfires.
The Spain was expecting the arrival of two Dutch water-dumping aircraft that were already helping Spanish officers under an European Cooperation Agreement to join France and Italy aircraft.
Virginia Barconse, head of Spain’s Civil Protection Agency, told public broadcaster RTVE that firefighters from other countries are also expected to come to the region in the coming days.
National Railway operator Renaf said that it suspended Madrid-Galisia high-speed train services, which is scheduled on Sunday due to fire.
Galician officials advised people to limit their time to wear face masks and avoid smoke and ash.
Portugal is prescribed for the cooler season in the coming days, which occurs after the fire of severe woodland. A national state alert was implemented on August 2 due to the wildfire and due to ending Sunday, two Swedish fire fighting aircraft arrived a day before.
Like Spain, Portugal’s resources have been increased. On Sunday, more than 4,000 fire fighters and more than 1,300 vehicles were deployed, as well as 17 aircraft, the country’s civil security agency said.
The jungle scorched area in Portugal is 17 times more than 2024 so far this year, in about 139,000 hectares, according to the initial calculation by the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests, a government body.
Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania have requested help to deal with forest fire from the fire force of the European Union in recent times. This year has already been active many times this year.
Barry Haton, Associated Press