The Government of Aragon has communicated this Friday that the forest fire in the municipality of La Fueva, in the Comarca del Sobrarbe (Huesca), which had been active since 7:00 p.m. this Thursday, It has been considered stabilized at 8:47 this Friday.
For now, the area affected is unknown. Three land crews, two fire trucks and a bulldozer are working at the site, they have specified from the Executive.
A wide range of air and ground resources has worked throughout the afternoon to try to put out the flames of the fire, declared near the village of Samper de Trillo, halfway between Ligüerre de Cinca and Palo. Late at night, the two helicopters left and five crews (three ground and two helicopters) and eight nature protection agents remained.
According to witnesses to the event, the fire started around 7:20 p.m. in a wooded area. One of the hypotheses being considered is that it was originated by lightning that struck the night before during a storm and went dormant.
After the notice to 112 of a citizen who saw the flames from the road, they moved to the place two helicopter crews, three ground crews, three fire engines and 8 nature protection agents of the Government of Aragon. A wide deployment to try to control the advance of the fire as soon as possible since it had spread over very steep terrain.
The only family residing in Samper de Trillo did not have to be evicted, as the wind caused the fire to spread in the opposite direction to his home.
On Wednesday, two forest fires were extinguished, both in the province of Zaragoza, according to information provided by the Government of Aragon. One of them burned less than a hectare in Puebla de Alfindén. Works in the extinction three trucks, one of them from the DPZ, a ground crew and nature protection agents. The cause was an infrastructure. And another small fire of less than one hectare in ibdes thanks to the collaboration of two trucks, a ground crew and two nature protection agents.
There is currently a red alert level by danger of forest fires in various areas of Aragon and orange in most of the rest of the community Therefore, a call for extreme caution is made.