Despite extremely favorable weather conditions to the spread of fires, with July which recorded the highest temperatures of the historical series 26.5 degrees Celsius on average, according to the Meteorological Agency (AEMET), fires not They have soared during the 2015 forest campaign, which ended on October 31.
From May to September there have been 9,987 fires and attempts, of which only 2,934 have passed a hectare less than 70%. The State Committee for the Coordination of Wildfire, the Ministry of the Interior, met on Tuesday morning and has determined that this "positive balance implies more effective extinction," because it means that fires "are suffocated in the beginning".
Across the country there have been up to 14 large fires that have affected more than 500 hectares. Thus, 55% of the burnt area corresponds to these large alerts. The most serious events have been located in Quesada (Jaen), Acebo (Cáceres) and Luna (Zaragoza).
The balance of this year yields two fatalities among the victims of the fires. Security forces and means of fighting have had to make 33 preventive evacuations.
The State Committee on Coordination, which have been made public these data, was chaired by the Director General of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry of the Interior, Juan Diaz Cruz, who underlined "the coordinated work of all those involved [in referring to the security forces and fire] with a fluid exchange of information and the significant increase in the activities of the state media for extinguishing fires in support of the autonomous communities. "
