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The circulation of trains on the High Speed ​​line between Galicia and Madrid is suspended due to "a

near the track".

The night has also left new evacuations as a result of the

in Losacio (

): the evicted populations rise to 32, totaling some 6,000 inhabitants who have had to sleep outside their homes tonight.

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7.08

There are 6,000 evicted people in 32 towns due to the Zamora fire

New evacuations that have been carried out this Monday night as a result of the

forest

(

) in towns in the Valverde valley and the Tábara and Alba regions bring the evicted populations to 32, which add up to some 6,000 inhabitants who must sleep outside their homes tonight, sources from the extinction operation have reported.

The situation has worsened throughout the afternoon of this Monday due to winds of more than 50 kilometers per hour that have been added to humidity below 20% and temperatures above 33 degrees Celsius, a situation that is not foreseen that it improves at night because, even if temperatures drop, aerial means of extinction cannot act at night.

The

, which has claimed the lives of a forest firefighter and a sheep farmer, may have already burned

, according to the first estimates offered from satellite images of hot spots.

The fire, which has caused fourteen injuries due to smoke inhalation or burns, has crossed the Sierra de la Culebra de

, where another fire in mid-June has already burned more than 25,000 hectares.

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7.06

Renfe extends the suspension of railway traffic between Galicia and Madrid due to "a fire near the track"

Renfe

has suspended this Monday night all the railway circulations of the High Speed ​​line between

and

due to "a

near the track", and it will affect the

and

trains that make the Galicia-Madrid route.

"Due to a fire near the track, Adif has suspended circulation between

and

. This affects the AVE and Alvia Galicia-Madrid trains," Renfe explained on its official Twitter account.

Likewise, he has indicated that "for the moment, there are no alternative means" and that he will expand "information as the extinction work progresses."

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