Spain with a “extreme risk” of new fires while distributing 14 flames

Spain is exposed to “extreme risk” by new fires, the country’s prime minister warned as firefighters continue to fight 14 large flames.

In a publication by X Pedro Sanchez, he said he expects the conditions to be “very difficult” on Friday, as he published a graphics from the National Agency for the Aemet Meteorological Agency, warning of an exceptional risk of fire in the north and west of the country.

Temperatures are expected to reach 40 ° C on the Spanish northern coast after more than 1500 square km (579 square miles) were devastated by the flames and seven people were killed.

This week, the heat wave was burned from Southeastern Europe, which prompted wild fires in Spain, Portugal, Greece, France and the Balkans.

In Galicia, several fires merged to form a huge blast, forcing the closure of highways and rail services to the region.

Avincis, the largest emergency air service operator in Europe, said it has registered a 50% increase compared to last year in flight hours dedicated to fire department operations in Spain and Portugal this season, Reuters reported.

Aemet predicts that the heat wave will continue until Monday, with temperatures up to 44 ° C in some areas, as well as moderate winds.

Wild fires are a common phenomenon in Southern Europe in the summer, but their weight can often be exacerbated by heat wave conditions.

Meteorologists say that such extremes are becoming more frequent and intense due to human-induced climatic changes.

EU data show that about 6,290 square km (2.429 square miles) land have burned through the block since the beginning of the year, with wild fires being in Spain, including about a quarter of the total.

Spain’s civil security said she had arrested two men suggesting that fires had begun in Castile and Leon – taking the number of arson arrests by 10 since the beginning of June.

Although weather conditions are currently favorable to fires, they can be caused by barbecues, cigarettes or discarded bottles. Causing a fire is a crime in Spain, even by accident.

Spain is the fifth European nation to request help in the fight against wild fires. In Greece, 100 sq.

On Friday, firefighters were still engaged in an active front on the Greek island of Chios, three days after the start of the flame, with repair teams warning that it could take more than a week to restore the damaged infrastructure. Much of the island is still without electricity, with some water supply problems being reported in certain areas.

A very high risk of fire for Attica, Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly, Central and Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, as well as the North and South Aegean, according to the Gravish Civil Protection Agency, was issued for Friday, according to the Gravish Civil Protection Agency.

Greece, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania have also activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which allows each country to be affected by a disaster – both in Europe and outside – to request emergency aid.

Nikos Papanikolaou further reporting