The evolution of the forest fire declared in the early hours of last Saturday in the municipality of Puntagorda, on the island of La Palma, continues to be favorable and the extinction device has focused on consolidating the work carried out to prevent outbreaks by cooling the affected areas.
The president of the Cabildo de La Palma, Sergio Rodríguez, has reported that the fire has responded today “with relative calm” despite the fact that winds of about 70 km/h have been registered, although it is taking place at height, not in low areas, which is good news for the performance.
For this reason, the five aerial means have been able to operate and actions have been taken at different points to cool those that have been seen with smoke, but without difficulties or revivals.
Rodríguez has also reported that from 8:30 p.m. three drones fly over the affected area to obtain specific information on certain points. On Saturday, measurements will be made with portable weather stations to determine the surface wind.
The president of the Cabildo advanced that during the night there will be about 130 troops working on surveillance tasks and acting in the areas that require it. At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, there will be a new Infoca technical meeting where it is expected to make a decision that “may be decisive.”
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