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Nekoliko stotina ljudi evakuirano u Valenciji
Vlasti u španjolskoj regiji Valenciji naredile su u petak evakuaciju sela Gátova nakon što je izbio šumski požar, uzrokovan nevremenom.
Nekoliko stotina ljudi dobilo je uputu da se odmah uputi prema jugu, prema naredbi koja je poslana putem automatskog hitnog upozorenja koje je pristiglo na sve mobilne telefone u selu.
Gátova obično ima oko 450 stanovnika, iako se taj broj tijekom ljetnih mjeseci udvostručuje, izvijestila je španjolska državna televizija RTVE.
Televizijske snimke prikazale su da su plamenovi već blizu naseljenog područja. Gusti dim nadvio se nad malo selo, izvijestio je reporter RTVE-a, koji se kašljao dok je govorio.
U izvješću se navodi da je požar u parku prirode Sierra Calderona započeo nakon udara groma u četvrtak kasno navečer. Na teren su upućene vojna postrojba za izvanredne situacije (UME), brojne vatrogasne postrojbe i vatrogasni helikopteri.
Prema podacima Europskog informacijskog sustava za šumske požare (EFFIS) Europske komisije, u 425 šumskih požara u Španjolskoj ove godine izgorjelo je više od 297.000 hektara.
