So far from 2025, the flames have calcined more than 343,000 hectares in Spain, according to the latest estimates of the EFFIS European system. It is the largest surface since 2006 and with a much lower amount of fires: The biggest previous record was from the year 2022 with 493 fires, this year they do not reach 230.
Water, foam, firewalls, strategies are numerous and the work of incessant firefighters and forest specialists, but There are other media that could join this battle that is repeated every year.
For almost two decades, a Spanish inventor, César Sallén, has been working on a 100% organic and biodegradable liquid capable of preventing and extinguishing fires, both industrial and forestry, quickly and totally innocuous. This is Ecofire and One of its greatest virtues, as Sallen stands out on its website, is that it is “between 50 and 100 times more effective than water in the extinction of fire.”
But it is not the only one. To date it is one of the few or the only demonstrated product that prevents the spread of battery fire. It also acts as a firewall and thermal insulator, guarantees that the fire is not reactivated (thanks to the fact that it prevents the arrival of oxygen), It reduces the heat of the flames, which facilitates working closer and, fundamental, it is not toxic: it is biodegradable and can be applied to people and crops without risk.
Its formula, secret, but completely biodegradable and composed of several plant components, encapsulates the smoke immediately, without irritating the skin, eyes or nostrils. Another important virtue is that, Being a liquid, it does not need any type of fire teamsimply pour into tanks or airplane systems and is used.
In one of the videos published in your account you can see how Sallén Ecofire applies to a paper, which holds with your naked handand then submits it to a torch without burning the paper or burning your hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgfirgmknmk
Ecofire works by creating a carboxylic layer. This is formed When the object exceeds 95ºC and responds by releasing certain substances (part of the secret formula) that react to create a protective barrier. Thanks to this, not only heat transfer is prevented, but also the arrival of oxygen to the flammable material, which prevents the fire from reproducing.
As if this were not enough, it can be left as a prevention system in times of drought, since it is needed an abundant rain to “wash it”: about 10 liters per square meter. It can also be applied to firefighters clothing.