The UME adds more troops to extinguish the fire in Venta del Moro that already affects 800 hectares

The Military Emergency Unit (UME) will incorporate this Tuesday morning

(BHELEME II) to help in the extinction of the forest fire in Venta del Moro (Valencia) .

As reported by the UME on its Twitter account, during this morning two sections and a machine of engineers from the Third Emergency Intervention Battalion (BIEM III) "work in the queue, right flank and head" of the forest fire.

With the incorporation of the aforementioned 80 soldiers, 215 members

of this unit

For its part, the

on the ground and a part has been working during this past night.

It is expected that the

that yesterday worked on the extinction and left at sunset will rejoin, as reported by the body itself.

The fire in the municipality of Venta del Moro,

, already affects

and, although the weather conditions have improved tonight, it is feared that this Tuesday they will worsen again, according to what he said this Monday the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig.

From the Advanced Command Post (PMA), Puig has made a first assessment of this fire,

and that this Monday, after being stabilized at noon,

with a very pronounced west and maximum values ​​of around 38 degrees, according to the State Meteorological Agency

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