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The fire declared this Friday in the

Cap de Creus natural park

has devastated 410 hectares, while there are 350 evacuees between the municipalities of

Llançà and Port de la Selva

, as explained by those responsible for the emergency device.

At first it was believed that more than 500 hectares had already burned, but by improving visibility, forest agents have reduced the forecast of affected hectares.

In addition, the fire has left 326 subscribers in Port de la Selva and Llançà without electricity.

With sunrise, the air assets began to work again, but during the night the fire remained active and opened on its right flank.

The head of Firefighters of the Generalitat in Girona, Jordi Martín, explained that the priority objective now is to

prevent the fire from advancing

and reaching the thousand hectares burned.

Of the 350 evacuees, 231 people have been received in facilities of the Port de la Selva town hall, others in LLançà and some who have chosen to go to the homes of family or friends.

And, in addition, the residents of the population centers of Selva de Mar, Fener de Dalt, Mas d'Estel and Mas Fumats have been confined.

The

evictions

, after those of the Vall de Santa Creu, Beleser and Santa Isabel urbanizations yesterday, have been extended tonight to the first line of houses in Mora Dos, Perebeua and Barlovent, as well as a farmhouse and 120 clients of the Port de la Vall campsite.

Martín has detailed that

the tramuntana, temperature and low humidity

are expected to

strengthen

this morning

, and explained that the tail of the fire is in Llançà, the right flank in the area of

the Sant Pere de Rodes monastery

and the left in that of Peralada, which is where there is more presence of buildings, while the head goes down the Santa Creu valley.

FIVE SLIGHTLY INJURED

At the moment there are five minor injuries among the emergency teams, with four firefighters and a forester affected.

Jordi Martín has indicated that with the aerial means, after the forced stop of the night, there will be an "opportunity" to stop the fire, and the General Director of Fire Prevention and Extinction and Rescue of the Generalitat, Joan Delort, has specified that the Government of Spain has been requested to

authorize France's participation in the extinction.

For now there are 15 air means, but military planes have been requested, such as the two that were already incorporated this Friday from Zaragoza, waiting for the arrival of French people who, according to Delort, "are on the other side of the mountain".

Some 90 land crews are also part of the device at this time and traffic continues to be restricted in the area.

ONE BUTT, POSSIBLE CAUSING

The Minister of the Interior, Joan Ignasi Elena, has traveled this Saturday to the command center that directs the action device and has reiterated that

the main hypothesis is that a cigarette butt thrown from a vehicle would cause the fire.

In that sense, he has emphasized that it is "outrageous" that almost 500 hectares have already been burned due to an error of this type.

"We will try to detect who is responsible," he stressed.

In addition, it has specified that the extinction work is currently concentrated in the center of Selva de Mar, where the head of the fire is advancing.

Elena has made a "call for prudence", recalled that the current climate is complicated in this area and has appealed to the self-protection of citizens as the only way to control this situation of low humidity, wind and high temperatures.

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