A vegetation fire in Benifaió (Valencia) forces the interruption of rail traffic

Firefighters work to extinguish a vegetation fire in a sugar cane area near the Valencian city of Benifaiowhich forced the interruption of rail traffic.

A team from the Valencia Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium, a fire truck and a forest firefighter unit from the Generalitat went to the scene, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Centre “112 CV” through its social networks. The fire has already been brought under control.

However, at the request of the firefighters, Adif cut the tension roads, since the fire is close to the infrastructure. Thus, rail traffic was interrupted in both directions between the stations of Benifaió-Almussafes and Sillareported the public entity.

The outage affects the circulation of freight and medium-distance trains, as well as the line C2 Commuter. In the latter case, Renfe set up alternative road transport between the two stations. The closure of the track and the interruption of rail traffic caused a build-up of passengers at the station. Valencia North.