The management of the Extremadura Special Civil Protection Plan for Forest Fires (Infocaex) has stabilized the Las Hurdes fire and has agreed to the return to their homes of the inhabitants of Cadalso, Descargamaría and Robledillo de Gata who were evacuated last Friday . Firefighters have controlled the flames in a security perimeter.
However, the eviction of Ovejuela is still being maintained, since the situation of the perimeter of this town is not so good. The Infocaex extinction operation has recommended this measure after the improvement in the fire situation on the afternoon of this Saturday, May 20.
The Infocaex has ordered the relocated not to travel through the burned areas. "We will contact the evacuated neighbors and at 9:30 p.m. there will be a bus to take them to their municipalities and during the night they will have the support of the firefighters from the Cáceres and Badajoz Provincial Councils and the Civil Guard", as he explained to the media. of communication the general director of Emergencies, Civil Protection and Interior of Extremadura, Nieves Villar.
Villar stressed that "it is very important, since the fire is not out, it is only stabilized, that those people who return home do not go out into the field because we do not want any tragedy or burns and because it is a very important effort that we are making to expedite and accelerate the return home".
The general director has emphasized that, despite the improvement in the conditions of the fire, it is still active and at level 2 of danger. "The Ovejuela focus is in quite good shape since a lot of work has been done on it during this day, so at the moment it is not in danger," she pointed out.
On the other hand, the Military Emergency Unit (UME), deployed since last Thursday in Extremadura with 250 troops to support the efforts to extinguish the fire in Las Hurdes and Sierra de Gata, has begun its withdrawal upon ending its intervention. in the area, once the fire was stabilized last night.
The weather forecast for tomorrow is expected to be more favorable than in the past days, with lower temperatures, more humidity and less incidence of wind.
