The Military Emergency Unit (IME) has been activated to join the tasks of extinguishing the forest fire declared in the afternoon of this Saturday in
Liétor
(Albacete), which has already spread to the municipality of
Hellín
and mainly affects the
Isso district,
of about 2,000 residents and where it has been recommended to close the windows to prevent smoke from entering the houses.
Different authorities have traveled to the forward command post located on the Isso soccer field to closely monitor the evolution of the fire, which occurred in the midst of
extreme heat and wind conditions.
At the request of the regional government, the delegate of the Government of Spain in Castilla-La Mancha,
Francisco Tierraseca,
has requested at 9:00 p.m. tonight the intervention of UME troops, to continue working, together with the members of the different intervention and security bodies that have been in charge of extinction from the beginning of the fire.
All members of the Hellín and Almansa Civil Guard have gone to work in the affected area, where
emergency level 2
has been declared
due to the possibility of smoke affecting the population.
Among the personnel of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge that have been displaced to fight the fire are an amphibian from Torrejon, 2 amphibians from Requena, the Briff Lubia Soria and a Kamov Huelma from Jaén.
The fire that originated in Liétor was detected by a fixed guard at 2:15 p.m. in the vicinity of the Talave reservoir and
affects a Pinus halepensis (Latizal) plantation forest.
It has affected the CM-412 road, between Isso and Elche de la Sierra, which has had to be cut several kilometers, reported the president of the Albacete Provincial Council, Santiago Cabañero.
On the other hand, also this Saturday
another fire
has been declared
in the municipality of Tobarra,
located about 10 kilometers from Hellín, which, as reported by Infocam, started in a place known as Casa del Gurugú at 11:47 a.m. .
This fire was classified as Level 1 for a time, since the proximity of the fire made it necessary to vacate the Hoya de Santana farm this afternoon before returning to Level 0.
In this case, according to the forest map, it has mainly affected the
agricultural area.
In total, more than
230 people are participating in the tasks of extinguishing
both fires by Infocam, supported by members of the Special Fire Prevention and Extinction Service of the Albacete Provincial Council and from midnight by members of the UME.
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