Around thirty fire brigades from the Generalitat de Catalunya have been working, since Monday night, on a forest fire at kilometer eighteen of the T-310 highway, in the municipality of Mont-roig del Camp (Baix Camp ).
Preventively, Civil Protection has sent a message to the mobile phones of the residents of the Les Planes urbanization, in the municipality of Mont-roig, recommending their confinement at home around ten at night.
Shortly after, the Mont-roig City Council explained that some 60 residents had been evacuated as a precaution to the Center Polivalent Sant Jaume de Miami Platja, in Mont-roig. If the situation does not improve, these neighbors will spend the night outside their homes. The urbanization is in an area still far from the forest fire, but affected by the smoke. For now, residents can spend the night at home following the Civil Protection self-protection and confinement advice.
The fire originated around 9:30 p.m. and spreads forcefully due to the wind blowing from the mistral and is located at the bottom of a ravine, according to the firefighting body, which adds that it has the capacity to make secondary lights The forest fire has so far affected an area of about ten hectares.
The strong mistral wind that blows in the direction of the sea, at a sustained speed of 30 km/h, with gusts of 70 km/h, facilitates the spread of the fire in the area of the Porquerola ravine. It is far from inhabited areas, but in a space that is difficult for firefighters to access.
At this time, intense work is being done to stop the advance of the head of the fire through the meanders of this ravine. Most efforts are devoted to stopping the advance of the head of the fire along the path of the ravine. There is thick vegetation and it is very difficult to access for terrestrial means.
Until it is daylight, the aerial means will not be able to be incorporated, keys to stop the advance of the flames.
The fire burns strongly and is launching secondary sources about 100 meters away from the perimeter of the fire, which also facilitates its spread, according to the Generalitat Fire Department in a statement. The propagation speed is high: approximately one kilometer per hour.
Despite the drop in temperatures in the last two days, it has practically not rained in this area throughout the summer.
The municipality of Mont-roig del Camp is at level 3 of Plan Alfa due to extreme risk of fire and with the restriction of access to the natural area of Tivissa-Vandellòs.
For its part, the 112 emergency telephone number has received a hundred calls warning of this fire.
