Friday, August 12, 2016

Fires ravage Galicia – Sputnik World

Specifically, half of these 8,800 hectares are the result of only four fires, particularly those recorded in the municipalities of Arbo, Crecente, Soutomaior (three in the province of Pontevedra) and Porto do Son (A Coruña).

The weather conditions, with several heat waves and wind northeast, are complicating the tasks of extinction, according announced fire crews, which detailed this wind “spread the flames quickly and rekindle fires that had controlled “.

According to Nunez Feijoo, authorities have arrested” some responsibility “of these fires, most caused, and is now a judge.

” There have been more than 40 arrests “since the season and the number of detainees in Galicia in relation to forest fires started” exceeds all detainees in Spain, “said the president.

the last one was a woman of a Coruna, who was arrested this morning by the Civil Guard on suspicion of “a continuing offense wildfire” and accused at least 15 fires.

Read more: massive evacuation on the Canary island of La Palma after a fire

Every summer repeats in Galicia the same scourge of fires, most caused in order to reclassify the land.

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