Spain Deploys Dozens of Helicopters and Aircraft to Combat Raging Wildfires
Kathmandu. Dozens of fire-fighting helicopters and other aircraft have been deployed to control the rapidly spreading wildfire in Spain and to suppress the flames.
According to the latest details from the Spanish government, 11 helicopters, 12 amphibious aircraft (operating on both water and land), and 8 forest brigades have been deployed as an additional security force to further strengthen the control efforts. In addition, coordination aircraft and other support teams have been kept ready at the scene.
Most of these deployed resources and personnel are actively engaged in extinguishing the wildfire in the areas of Burgohondo and San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of the capital Madrid, and in the Ejulve region, located approximately halfway between Madrid and Barcelona. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate to safe places from areas outside the city after a fierce wildfire broke out near Spain's capital, Madrid.
Madrid authorities have informed that eight large buses have been arranged to transfer people to safe places. Displaced people are being prepared to be taken to rescue centers established in Móstoles, southwest of Madrid, and the nearby Getafe air base. Considering the dire situation of the wildfire, Spain has already declared a national emergency. The regional president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has called it “the worst wildfire in the history of this region.”
Meanwhile, in the neighboring country France, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has stated that 40,000 people have been or are in the process of being evacuated to safe places due to another fierce wildfire on the Cap Ferret peninsula. Publicly released images show hundreds of people fleeing to safety by boat from this famous tourist destination west of Bordeaux.
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