It is allowed to return to the houses evacuated by fire Blanes – TRT Spanish

Barcelona, ​​July 24 (EFE) .- Firefighters were allowed to return to their homes and 310 neighbors preemptively evacuated four developments of Blanes and Lloret de Mar (Gerona ) and Tordera (Barcelona) , to the good prospects of being able to stabilize a fire that has affected some 35 hectares .

According he has informed the Ministry of Interior, to 19.00 controls Firefighters allowed to return home to all the people who had been evacuated preventively early afternoon by the fire, which is still active but its evolution is very favorable and is expected to be stabilized in the coming hours

at first, firefighters had reported the evacuation of 400 people, although the final count is reduced to 310 neighbors. 200 of the Les Planes, El Vilar and Fauna, Blanes, 30, a hotel in the County urbanization of Jaruco of Lloret de Mar developments and 80 of urbanization Sant Daniel Tordera.

the evicted residents have flocked mostly homes of relatives and friends.

Firefighters are optimistic because the favorable evolution of the fire, after hours of hard work from the air and from the ground, allowing them to provide a future stabilization of the fire .

the fire, which was started for reasons that are investigated at noon, has affected a perimeter of approximately 35 to 40 hectares, but its scope has not increased much in the last hours, according Firefighters.

in order to stabilize the fire, the fire Brigade sent to thirteen helicopters -five air medium bombers, two helicopters and six aircraft control and monitoring attack- while the Ministry of agriculture contributes two amphibious aircraft from its base in Zaragoza.

in addition, a quarantine land allocations continue to work in the area to try to stabilize the flames, including units of FPG Performances (GRAF) and the Emergency Medical Group (GEM).

At the scene of the fire have also displaced 24 patrols of the Catalan police, ambulance Emergency Medical System (SEM), effective body Rural agents of the Red Cross and local police, technicians Civil Protection and members of the Association of Forest Defense of Lloret, Hostalric, Santa Susanna, Riells, Cassa de la Selva, Sils and Vallalta, Llagostera and Argimon between others.

Civil Protection keeps active the prealerta special emergency plan for forest fires in Catalonia because of this fire, which have also been activated alerts municipal plan of Tordera and Lloret de Mar. EFE .