At around 2:10 p.m., firefighters from the Valencia City Council considered the forest fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in Devesa del Saler under control, and the CV-500 highway has been reopened to traffic.
The Civil Guard has opened an investigation in which it is analyzing the evidence to determine the origin of the fire, while patrolling the area in case any other outbreak occurs.
The fire had been stabilized at 6:49 a.m. this Sunday, after a new outbreak was recorded last night that was extinguished shortly after. As a result of the fire, 18 people had to be evacuated from the Casal l'Esplai hostel and a section of the CV-500, already reopened to traffic, had to be cut.
It is being investigated whether the fire is intentional, as it is the ninth recorded since the summer in the Devesa del Saler, which has a dune and Mediterranean forest system and is located in the Albufera natural park.
