The heat wave is affecting the fires that have broken out in recent hours in Catalonia to the point that emergency troops have had to multiply to put out some and try to control others.

For this reason, the Fire Brigade of the Generalitat have activated the so-called M2 phase throughout Catalonia, for which all the members of the body must present themselves at their parks as long as there are vehicles to work with.

The measure comes after this Wednesday they had to act against six fires at the same time, of which two of them, in Artesa de Segre (Lleida), and Corbera d'Ebre (Tarragona), are still out of control.

That's why they'll keep performing all night.

Between the two they have burned more than 750 hectares, although the one in Artesa, which has burned more than 500 hectares, has the potential to reach 20,000 hectares in the Montsec massif, since the weather conditions are adverse and an electrical storm caused new spotlights.

In addition, more than 70 people have been evacuated from a populated nucleus, a campin and a colony house, in which there were 40 minors.

In addition, the Firefighters have asked the residents of the area to stay at home and if it depends on the evolution of the flames, they will be evacuated.

Peasants also work in this fire tilling fields to offer the Firefighters several places where they can stop the advance of the flames.

In general, the area affected by the fire is forest but surrounded by fields in some places.

On the other hand, the forest fire that burns in Corbera d'Ebre has already affected more than 250 hectares and the Fire Department will continue working to put it out tonight.

The flames have jumped the first confinement axis established on the TV-7333 road.

40 ground crews and 6 aerial crews are working on this fire and the flames have caused road closures.

The storms in Aragon, which are moving wind towards the area of ​​the fire, have complicated the extinction work.

The emergency services ask to take extreme precautions in the face of the "maximum seriousness" situation caused by the coincidence of several fires throughout Catalonia in the heat of the heat wave.

Civil Protection has announced that the Inofcat Plan has risen to Emergency phase 1 due to the different active and simultaneous fires

In addition to Artesa de Segre and Corbera d'Ebre, the Fire Department has worked on half a dozen fires "presumably caused" by lightning strikes in the Lleida regions, such as Coll de Nargó, Castellar de la Ribera, Oliana and Foradada.

The latter was caused by an agricultural activity that the authorities had recommended avoiding.

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