a hundred fires declared in the north of the country

The despair of a resident, while the flames are only a few meters from her home, in the capital of Asturias. Since Friday, April 31, several hundred people have had to be evacuated due to violent forest fires in the region. “They let us burn here, we waited all night, no one came”, protested a resident. Rescuers are overwhelmed because the fires are particularly numerous. Firefighters sink into the blaze.

160 simultaneous fires

On both sides of the road, the trees are gnawed by the flames. The raging wind spreads the embers. An additional difficulty, in a context of great drought which promotes the spread of flames. A peak of 160 simultaneous fires was even recorded. The president of the region evokes a criminal track and even speaks of a “terrorist act”. Fires that occur in a Spain already affected by fires since the end of March. In the region of Valencia, nearly 5,000 hectares of forest have already burned.