The air forces withdrew this Tuesday with the disappearance of firefighting duties. forest fire locally declared Alicante of Benasau, which has forced the preventive evacuation of the municipality of Penáguila, with just over three hundred inhabitants, although in the end it was not necessary to evacuate the neighboring Alcolecha. The changing wind from east to west continues to hinder the tasks of extinguishing the fire, which shows no change in its state and remains active, as reported by the Firefighters Consortium.
Late on Tuesday, the Generalitat Valenciana requested the intervention of soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) to extinguish the fire.
The municipality of Penáguila was Tuesday preventively released due to the forest fire declared at three in the afternoon next to the Benasau sewage treatment plant, which has progressed “very quickly” due to the vegetation in the area and the very dry condition in which it was found.
The firefighting operation involved a commando unit, a heavy rural bomb, a light rural bomb, a passenger transport van, a light forest bomb with two sergeants, three corporals and six firefighters from the fire parks. Cocentaina and Benidorm.
The entire crew of the four roving checkpoints for the summer period has been added to this, plus the Alpha 01 as a fire control helicopter.
They then joined the intervention four forest fire fighting units and the air assets have increased to eight, plus two amphibious assets. In addition, more air assets have arrived to replace the existing ones.
They inform me step by step about the evolution of the #IFBenasau. Let's hope the good news comes soon. Please take extreme precautions and always follow the advice of the authorities, especially in these times. We are at extreme risk. https://t.co/QLasdPRpox
— Carlos Mazón (@carlos_mazon_) July 30, 2024
On the other hand, the local police of Biar has preventively evacuated several homes in this municipality Alicante after another forest fire broke out on Tuesday.
Two forest fire units from the Generalitat, eight fire teams from the Alicante Provincial Council and three aerial vehicles are taking part in the extinguishing operation, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Centre
In the same way, according to the same sources, a fire truck and two environmental agents were mobilized to the fire zone. The fire has now been stabilized.