The fire was detected this Friday at 1:20 p.m. in a forest area of Cortijo de Tortas, a neighborhood in the municipality of Paterna del Madera, in the Sierra de Alcaraz.
Major forest fire puts small town of Cortijo de Tortas in Albacete on alerta district located about seven kilometers from the municipality of Paterna del Madera, on which it depends. There, in a forest area covered with scrub and pine trees within the Sierra de Alcaraz, the flames were detected this Friday at 1:20 p.m.
At the moment, the fire is at level 0, but according to data consulted by ABC in Fidias, the Forest Fire Information System of the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, 22 assets – 7 aerial and 15 ground – and a total of 93 people are working on the fire extinguishing efforts. of fire-fighting professionals, requiring so far 29 resources and 117 people.
But this is not the only forest fire that remains active in Castilla-La Mancha, since in the municipality of Reíllo (Cuenca), in the area known as Finca de los PanaderosIn the Serranía Baja de Cuenca, the fire that broke out in a forest area just a week ago has not yet been extinguished.
A fire they worked on all those days, a total of 7 media and 30 soldiers professionals from the Castilla-La Mancha fire brigade. It was one of them, a permanent security guard in the area, who detected the flames at 7:25 p.m. last Friday.
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