A dead volunteer when fighting the fire that sweeps the south of León arrived from Zamora

The serious fire that arrived in León from Zamora, entering through the Valdería, extends through the south of the province at a lot of speed and its first deadly victim is charged, leaves another serious injury and a third person with burns.

A witness warned of the 1-1-2 emergency service in Castilla y León, at 7.17 pm, that two people with burns in a difficult access vegetation zone had appeared, in the middle of the field, at the height of kilometer 12 of the LE-125 road in the municipality of Quintana and Congosto.

One of them was a 35 -year -old man in the extinction work, who has been deceased. The other person, a man of about 36 years, was immediately transferred to ambulance to the Lion Hospital for burns. In addition, later, the Firefighters of the Astorga Park led a third person injured in the same fire to the La Bañeza Health Center to be also attended by burns.

The terrible news has been confirmed at the age of ten at the quarter of the night in an appearance at the headquarters of the Government Subdelegation in León. In the same, the Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Suárez Quiñones, the delegate of the Government in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, the subdelegate of the Government in León, Héctor Alaiz, and the territorial delegate of the Board in the province, Eduardo Diego, intervened.

As reported by the head of the Fire Extinction operation, Suárez Quiñones, “its incorporation had been authorized” to the works, “with a particular machinery.” The dead volunteer and another person who is serious injured were trapped by “two tongues of fire,” the counselor said.

The volunteer collaborated in the fire prevention work since this last Monday with an unbridled. “We do not know yet where exactly was a neighbor,” Quiñones moves. The only thing that is known at this time is that it has appeared in the Nogarija area, in the Valdería region.

A worsening of weather conditions and the progress of fire from noon had already forced a twenty villages in the area. A massive eviction that affected more than 5,000 people, who have had to leave their homes in the last hours.

From noon, strong wind gusts have been raised that extend the front of the flames, which already jump from the Valdería to Alija del Infantado, forcing the eviction of thirteen peoples to greater than the seven that were already. A dry storm has been unleashed, with very little rain, a lot of wind with strong gusts and many rays that complicate the tasks of fire extinguishing.

With the new evictions, the South of León currently has a total of 25 villages emptied by the danger of the flames, although the figure of how many people add up to total with the latest evacuations.

This Tuesday afternoon Quintana and Congosto, Palacios de Jamuz, Herreros de Jamuz, Quintanilla de Florez and Genestacio de la Vega have been evicted. The Civil Guard proceeds to the eviction of Quintana del Marco, Villanueva de Jamuz, San Juan de Torres, Altobar de la Encomienda, Alija del Infantado, Jiménez de Jamuz, Santa Elena de Jamuz, and the Nora del Río. Since Monday, San Felix de la Valdería, Calzada de la Valdería, Felechares de la Valdería, Castrocalbón, Poblasto de Yuso, Pinilla de la Valdería and San Esteban de Nogales were already there.

At the last minute of the day the localities of Destriana, Robledo de la Valduerna, Posada de la Valduerna, Villalis de la Valduerna, Villamontan de la Valduerna and Miñambres have been evicted. These people are being housed in the Astorga Seminar, assigned by the Bishopric of Astorga and managed by Red Cross.

All the evacuees are being redirected to the Bañeza where Cross Red manages four shelters in municipal spaces assigned by the City Council.

Even, the evacuation of the Nuestra Señora del Valle de la Bañeza residence has been decided, “by caution”, and has taken the oldest first to a pavilion before being transferred to the Cosamai Occupational Center of the Diputación de León.

The Government and Board Subdelegation have asked the neighbors to follow the eviction recommendations of the Civil Guard, insisting that the evacuation measures of peoples are for the safety of the neighbors and to facilitate the tasks of extinction of the fire.

In addition, the Board has also made an official appeal a bit desperate before the personal organization of neighbors to turn off the flames, because they are put at risk. Through the Cecopi, “Farmers who do not make calls through the networks to obtain volunteers who help in the extinction work of the different fires that are assets in the province” Leonesa are requested please.

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