The fire declared at noon yesterday Saturday in the Huerta del Hambre area of ??Bonares (Huelva) continues to be active after around 120 members of the Infoca Plan of the Provincial Consortium of Huelva Firefighters have been working in the area by land throughout the early morning.
As reported by Infoca, tonight the weather forecast has been met and “liquidation of hot spots and closure of the perimeter with a mechanized and manual line of defense have been carried out, prioritizing the area located between urban and forest areas.”
The work of the ground device has been supported by a drone from the Emergency Systems Unit (USISEN) that has been flying over the perimeter of the fire during the night.
The media that has been in the area since dawn by Infoca are 90 forest firefighters, four Environment agents, four Operations technicians, in addition to technical managers and the other commands of the device, supported by a mother vehicle and four fire trucks.
A Forest Fire Medical Unit (UMIF), a Meteorology and Transmissions Unit (UMMT) and a Forest Fire Analysis and Monitoring Unit (UNASIF) remain active.
Six firefighters and three trucks work for the Provincial Firefighters Consortium.
The delegate of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía in Huelva, José Manuel Correa, has kept level 1 of the Emergency Plan for Forest Fires of Andalusia active in the province of Huelva due to this fire since 4:54 p.m. yesterday, which has evicted dozens of people, some of whom remain rehoused in the Bonares sports hall and in the facilities of a cooperative in Lucena del Puerto.
The fire started in Bonares on land near the A-486 highway, with fifty notices from individuals who saw the flames and the column of smoke from 2:50 p.m. and notified 112.
