He forest fire declared in Ejulve (Teruel) It keeps the emergency services in suspense, who continue to deploy a large device to contain the advance of the flames. The evolution of the fire has forced the protection measures on the population to be expanded and the operation to be reinforced with resources from other autonomous communities.
The authorities have ordered the preventive evacuation of the districts of La Cañadilla and Cirujedain the municipality of Aliaga, where about 25 people reside. The neighbors have been notified through the ES-Alert system and they must go to Aliaga. These evictions are in addition to the evacuation of Molinos and three farmhouses carried out during the early hours of the morning.
The Government of Aragon maintains the Special Civil Protection Plan for Forest Fires (Procinfo) activated in Operational Situation 2, Level 2. In addition, a new meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (Cecopi) is planned to evaluate the evolution of the fire and coordinate actions.
At the moment, the fire affects more than 1,100 hectares and a perimeter of about eight kilometers. Likewise, the A-2403 highway remains closed between kilometer points 38 and 24, from Ejulve to the junction with the TE-49, to facilitate extinguishing efforts.