In Fermoseljė, where a fire broke out on Wednesday, the mayor indicated the number of hectares burned and told the news agency AFP that the village faced “hell” and a “tunnel of flames” during this fire.
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The Castilla and León regional rescue services reported that 800 people were evacuated from the new fire zone.
Spain’s military emergency unit (UME) was sent to fight a level 2 fire – this classification entails additional support from the central government.
Raul de la Fuente, senior fire service officer of the Castilla and León regional government, said the fire is spreading through the gorge and may reach another village due to forecasted strong winds.
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“We are trying to prevent that,” he told journalists.
In the same province of Zamora, two more level 2 fires were active – in the Val de la Loba and San Cipriano del Condado areas.
This territory is in the Castilla and León region, which has already been ravaged by a massive fire.
That fire in the province of Ávila has burned about 50,000 hectares of land.
