Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1 Apr (EFE).-a fire this Saturday in the Spanish of Galicia (Northwest) region has affected so far to more than 700 acres of a park of high ecological value, Government sources reported today to Efe regional.

the 700 hectares affected, about 500 are woodland, according to the sources.

fire in the natural park of the Fragas do Eume, in the municipality of A Capela, stays active with an alert level 1, the highest, by the proximity of the flames to houses.

the Mayor of A Capela, Manuel Meizoso, however, ensured in statements to a local radio station that flames have already devoured some 2,000 hectares.

a total of 224 soldiers of the military emergency unit (EMU) working in the extinction of the fire next to twintig bosbouw brigades, die de steun van vijf helikopters en vier vliegtuigen, houdt in dat er in de ochtend hebben, zal worden toeneemt volgens bronnen van de regionale regering.

sommige 200 mensen moest worden uitgezet deze zaterdag in verschillende dorpen dicht bij het vuur, die snel door de sterke wind, die hield niet blazen tijdens de dag en het werk van de brigades van uitsterven. ingewikkeld opgestookt

brandweerlieden bronnen vertelde Efe dat het vuur “onder controle”, is pero pointed out that fire has been divided into several spotlights.

regional de Galicia, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, President today visited the municipalities affected by the fire.

various sources have confirmed that the fire has seriously affected the natural park of the Eume, a protected Atlantic forest that stretches over the entire basin of the Eume River over an area of about 9,000 hectares and one of the most visited in the region.

the Spanish Civil Guard maintains the accesses to the Park cut since yesterday and he has evicted the monastery of Caaveiro, a monastery from the 12th century on top of a mound in the forest that had been recently rehabilitated and that was one of the most spectacular of Galicia. places

the State Agency of meteorology not just expected rains in the next few hours in the area.

by elders, hebben al gecontroleerd drie andere branden in de regio, die hebben is gegloeid in total meer dan 130 hectare Mount, terwijl blijft een kwart die heeft al een cilinderinhoud meer dan 20 hectare.

effectief in de militaire eenheid noodtoestand (UME) zijn opgenomen in het werk van de brand in de Coruña provincie A Capela (Spanje). EFE