• Forest fires The number of hectares burned in Boiro (A Coruña) rises to 2,000 and suspicions grow that the fire in Ávila is intentional

  • Fire in Verín They ask for citizen collaboration to identify the driver of the car who was "igniting" one fire after another "seeking to do as much damage as possible"

The hectares burned by the Cures forest fire, in Boiro (A Coruña), have risen to 2,200 hectares, according to the

latest balance of the Xunta

with data collected until eight in the morning this Sunday, but it is already evolving "favorably" according to specified in the balance sheet.

Situation two remains there, a preventive measure decreed by the proximity of the flames to the houses.

Adjacent municipalities, such as those of Ribeira,

where 700 campers were evicted in Oleiros, and

A Pobra

, have been affected by the spread of the fire.

Another of the fires that has grown in burned area is that of

Xustáns

, in Ponte Caldelas, which has risen to 380, but in this case also "evolves favourably".

Alert level two remains due to proximity to inhabited areas.

Another important fire, the one in

Verín

(Ourense), which has destroyed 600 hectares, continues to stabilize.

And in that province the one in O Pereiro is controlled, in A Mezquita, which burned 150.

In Pontevedra

that of Saiar has been stabilized this day, in

Caldas de Reis

(450 hectares) and in

Arbo

those of Mourentán (400) and Barcela (82) continue to be controlled.

Rural Environment reminds that the free telephone number 085

is available to the public

, which they should call in case of detecting a forest fire.

In addition, there is an anonymous and free telephone number, 900 815 085, to report any

suspected or known

criminal arson activity .

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