About twenty firefighters are working to extinguish a forest fire declared this Sunday near Mount Picaio in the municipality of Puçol (Valencia), as reported by the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat and the Consortium. Provincial Fire Department of Valencia. If the flames advance, they could affect the Sierra Calderona natural park.
The firefighters received notification of the fire around 1:00 p.m. and initially three forest fire units from the Generalitat, three fire engines, three crews and three forestry brigades from the provincial fire brigade - with an officer and forestry technician-- and three aerial means.
About half an hour later, another unit of forest firefighters from the Generalitat, four other aerial means and two fire prevention units have joined the extinguishing efforts.
The Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat has established situation 1 of the Special Plan Against the Risk of Forest Fires (PEIF). Furthermore, the '112 CV' has reported through its social networks that at the moment there are no preventive evictions, but has asked the population not to approach the fire area.
PEIF alert level 1 is established when an emergency situation caused by one or more forest fires may seriously affect forest assets or slightly affect the population and non-forest assets, for whose extinction it may be necessary to incorporate extraordinary means.
