The fires devastate more than a thousand hectares in Galicia, 600 of them in Verín

• Ourense "A car moving", suspected of having caused the Verín fire with "up to 10 sources"

The forest fires leave a complicated day in

, with 1,210 hectares burned, the most serious, those registered in

(Ourense) and Arbo, in

, which have forced evictions, cut roads due to the risk for population centers.

The fire in

(Ourense), which began at four in the afternoon and accounted for about ten outbreaks, has already destroyed

and is still out of control.

This fire forced the

motorway of the A-52 and the National to be closed to traffic, although circulation has already been re-established.

The Ministry of Rural Environment decided to activate level two throughout the urban perimeter due to the proximity of the fire to

.

At present, the Regional Minister of Rural Affairs,

, explained that an

is open in order to find the author or authors.

The researchers are analyzing whether they could turn on these lights from a car, having detected ten lights in a short time and in different parts of the town.

The

(UME) has joined the tasks to try to control the flames of this fire.

This fire has caused evictions and confinement of some residents, as well as minor material damage to the

factory .

For his part, the mayor of the municipality,

, speaks of a "strategic intention" of this fire, which has spread to the neighboring municipality of

.

"It is an extraordinarily serious matter. With 40 degrees of temperature, with this wind that we are seeing here behind, which can be seen perfectly how it carries fire and smoke, that someone would think of planting in 10 different foci simultaneously is denounceable and reprehensible "González said.

more fires

On the other hand, the Ministry of Rural Affairs has reported a new fire in the nearby municipality of

, which already affects

, and which is added to the other two that remain active in the province of Ourense, in Verín and Maceda.

fire

, which started this Tuesday in three different and simultaneous outbreaks, affects 150 hectares.

The

, close to 40 degrees, added to the wind have made the extinction work difficult.

With regard to the province of

, a fire remains active in Arbo, in the parish of Barcela, which affects 70 hectares while the Xunta has considered another fire stabilized in this same area, which burned 400 hectares in Mourentán.

In addition, a fire registered in Ponteareas, which has burned twenty hectares, is under control.

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