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ValenciaA fire in the Pujol gorge area, in El Saler, has alerted firefighters, who have had to evacuate Tower 1 of the Aparwaks urbanization as a precaution. Twelve fire crews have been dispatched there, joined by seven resources from the Generalitat, two from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, and the UME. In addition, units from the Third Battalion of Intervention in Emergencies have left their base in Bétera to join the extinction missions of the forest fire.


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As a precautionary measure, the Sideinfo cannons have been activated, a high-pressure hydraulic network that allows the vegetation on the perimeter to be wetted in case of fire to prevent its spread.

Evacuation of the inhabitants of El Saler

After the CECOPAL, it has been decided to evacuate the residents of the Saler district and the campsites near the fire area, in addition to closing the CV-500. The Valencia City Council has activated a device to transport people with mobility problems using EMT buses.

Firefighters working to extinguish the fire as soon as possible.

Faced with this scenario, the Emergency Coordination Center has raised the situation to level 2 and an Es-Alert has been sent to the affected population. For those displaced, two facilities have been prepared: l’Alqueria del Basket, which was already set up for the 2024 storm, and la Fonteta de Sant Lluís.

“In the first tower we evacuated 30 people as a precaution due to possible smoke inhalation; in the town of El Saler we evacuated about 120 people and at the campsites we are still moving people to la Fonteta and Alqueria del Basket,” explained María José Català, mayoress of Valencia.

David Roca, head of the Valencia Fire Department, has expressed optimism about the possibility of controlling the fire soon and has calculated that the burned hectares amount to approximately 48, although this figure is not official and the cause of the fire is unknown.