The 112 emergency center of the Community of Madrid has received throughout this Tuesday morning

"several" calls from citizens

alerted by the smell of fire and smoke in different parts of the region, a fact that

is due to an active fire in Portugal

.

Javier Chivite, spokesman for Emergencies 112 Community of Madrid, confirms in an audio sent to the press that at the moment

"there is no active fire in the Community of Madrid"

.

"This is a fire in Portugal that, due to the direction and strength of the wind, has

crossed half of the Iberian Peninsula

and its consequences are felt in the Community of Madrid," the spokesperson abounds.

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