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Emergencies mobilizes two aerial means for a forest fire started in La Granadella

12 July 2020 - 15: 30

Around the 15 hours today, Sunday, the Valencian Community emergency and security service mobilized an air means for the fire detected in a pine forest in the area of ​​La granadella. Along with the air environment, two Forest firefighters units of the Generalitat Valenciana, two fire engines, a forestry coordinator, a crew from the Alicante Firefighters Consortium and 1 prevention unit are mobilized.

The forest fire has originated in a wooded area on the access road to the cove. At 15:40 hours approximately a second air medium is mobilized. The rapid intervention of Civil Protection and the Balcony to the Sea Volunteers has been decisive in controlling the flames until the arrival of firefighters, forest firefighters, and air resources.

From the Forest Fire Prevention Center they report that "it is a small fire and there is no danger", which indicates that the fire is controlled.

The Xàbia Local Police has applied the protocol of preventive confinement on the beach, where there has been no danger at any time. The access and exit of the cove has been closed for a short period of time.

A las 16:15 hours air resources are withdrawn. As reported by the Consortium of Firefighters of the Provincial Council of Alicante, the fire is perimeter and the extinction work continues from the ground with a unit of Forest Firefighters and a pumper.

A las 17:15 hours, Firefighters of the Provincial Council of Alicante give the fire as controlled. 300 meters of scrubland and some pine trees have been affected in this fire.

Note that the flames have been controlled quickly and on the 18 hours the fire has been considered extinguished. A Civil Protection unit has remained in the place, monitoring possible outbreaks.

Civil Protection, Balcony to the Sea Volunteers, Dénia Park Firefighters, Forest Firefighters, Civil Guard and Local Police have participated in the extinction work of this fire.

It should be remembered that this area of ​​Xàbia already suffered a fire in 2016 in which some 800 hectares were affected.

Comments
  1. Cate says:

    Very impressed that you notified everyone about the fire so quickly. I hope that no one was hurt. Thank you

  2. worthers says:

    Your English translations are very poor.


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