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The management of the 'Puy du Fou' park has decided to
evacuate the premises and cancel
tonight's night show for security reasons, given the fire that broke out this afternoon at a Zurraquin estate, adjoining the park, although it has clarified that, in At no time have visitors or workers
at the facility, located within the municipal area of Toledo
, been put
in danger .
In a statement released this afternoon, the management team of the French theme park expresses its gratitude "for the magnificent
reaction of the competent authorities
: both the Toledo firefighters, Geacam, the National Police and civil protection, who have been helping" and have made it possible that the 2,500 visitors, 700 employees, the 200 birds, the 55 horses and the rest of the animals have been evacuated and none have suffered any damage.
By way of thanks, the park management will
invite all those who have participated
in extinguishing the fire to enjoy the park at any time of the season.
And this Friday's visitors will also be contacted to
thank them for their behavior
and invite them to visit the park another day, according to the same sources.
The fire, which has been declared after one o'clock this afternoon and has been detected by the emergency and emergency service 112, affects an
area classified on the forest map as grassland-scrubland
and continues without being controlled.
In the work of extinguishing the fire,
28 media and 101 people have participated, and now 7 aerial media, 12 ground media and one management and coordination team are working on the fire site
, bringing together a total of 86 people.
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