The firefighters of the Valencia City Council alert through their social networks that in recent days they have had to intervene on several occasions to put out several outbreaks of fires in Devesa del Saler and l’Albufera.
On its Twitter account, the municipal fire brigade reports that it had extinguished several outbreaks in the area, and that this episode had occurred on two consecutive days. For this reason, they asked the population to alert the authorities of “any suspicious movement.”
In fact, last night there was a fire in La Gola del Pujol that was quickly controlled and extinguished, but forced five fire crews to move to the area.
The Generalitat has declared the Pre-emergency level 3 of the Special Plan against the Risk of Forest Fires of the Valencian Community throughout the territory from Thursday, August 10 to Tuesday, August 15, 2023, both inclusive.
The declaration of the Pre-emergency level 3 supposes the suspension of certain works and works in the forest lands or its surroundings; the suspension of the use of fire for festive reasons on forest land and in the area of ??forest influence (up to 500 meters); the generic prohibition of lighting any type of fire on forest land and in the area of ??forest influence (up to 500 meters) and the suspension of any type of authorization granted for sports circulation on forest land.
This weekend marks one year since the fires that devastated Bejís and Vall d’Ebo, which devastated large areas of land in the Marina Alta, Alto Palancia and the Serranía.
