The forest fire that has affected the Lugo municipality of Trabada (Lugo) since Thursday and has already devastated 1,200 hectares continues to be active early this Saturday, in which Xunta technicians consider the four fires in nearby areas declared stabilized. in Foz (Lugo).
The latest balance provided at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday by the Rural Environment Department maintains the state and surface area affected by the Trabada fire, which threatened houses, forced roads to be cut — including the A-8 — and It reached the neighboring municipality of Ribadeo (Lugo).
Thus, the Xunta points out that the fire “evolves favorably”, which made it possible to deactivate ‘situation 2’ on Friday afternoon, the name by which the action protocol is known in case of danger for inhabited areas due to the proximity of the calls.
The latest estimate offered by the Rural Environment Department, which recognized on Friday the difficulties in accurately measuring the perimeter of the flames due to the presence of smoke, places the area affected by the fire at 1,200 hectares.
Since its beginning at noon on Thursday – the Xunta points to intentionality as the main cause -, six technicians, 58 agents, 78 brigades, 57 motor pumps, three shovels, five technical support units, one tractor , six planes and three hectares.
In addition, the four nearby fires that affect the Portuguese town hall of Foz have been stabilized since this Saturday morning, according to Medio Rural.
Between the four outbreaks, there is a total of 70 hectares of surface affected by the flames in the Santo Acisclo do Valadouro and Santa Cilla do Valadouro areas, where two technicians, 21 agents, 18 brigades, 17 motor pumps, a shovel have operated to put out the fire. and a helicopter.