He Burgohondo firein the province of Ávila, faces a new day of work with a wide deployment of land and air means. After several days of intense activity, the extinction teams are now focusing their efforts on consolidating the perimeter, controlling the reactivations caused by the wind and moving towards the stabilization of what is already one of the largest forest fires recorded in Spain.
The operation of Ávila fire It remains coordinated from the Advanced Command Post with the participation of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), forest firefighters, environmental agents and troops arriving from different autonomous communities. At the same time, surveillance work continues on the most sensitive areas of the Burgohondo fire, damage assessment and monitoring of the situation in the affected municipalities to adapt protection measures based on the evolution of the flames.
The weather evolution will once again be decisive during the day. Although the work carried out during the early hours has allowed progress in several sectors of the Burgohondo fire, those responsible for the operation maintain the maximum vigilance against the possibility of new reactivations. The behavior of the wind will continue to condition the extinction efforts and the strategy of the teams deployed on the ground.