The forest fire that started around five in the afternoon this Tuesday in the municipality of

Serradilla del Arroyo

, in the

Sierra de Francia

in the province of

Salamanca

, is "out of control" and "very active" and even now it has calcined more than 30 hectares of wooded mass.

According to the information provided by the

Government Delegation

in

Castilla y León

, land units are working on the ground, although "the terrain is not favorable for heavy machinery since the area is heavily wooded and very dense."

Given the situation that had been created, the Junta de Castilla y León decreed

level 1

at

6:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the

face of the

Serradilla del Arroyo

fire

, in the southwest of the province of

Salamanca

, on the border with the province of

Cáceres

.

The fire is affecting, according to information from the

Territorial Delegation of the Board

in

Salamanca

, the mountain area in the

Sierra del Guindo

, between the terms of

Serradilla del Arroyo

and

Guadapero

.

The

Government Delegation

in

Castilla y León

has stated that the fire is "out of control", as well as "very active and with great force, burning wooded mass", which has made it enter the reserve area of ​​the

Parque Natural de the Sierra de Francia

and advance towards

Monsagro

and

El Maíllo

, near the peak of

La Hastiala

.

Given the severity of the fire, air resources of the

Ministry of Ecological Transition are working

, such as two amphibious aircraft from

Torrejón

(

Madrid

) and a coordination plane based in

Matacán

(

Salamanca

), in addition to the intervention of the

Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades

(

BRIF

) from

Pinofranqueado

(

Cáceres

).

On the part of the

Junta de Castilla y León,

four crews, six fire trucks, two environmental agents, two technicians and two bulldozers are intervening as land resources.

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