Firefighters hope to control Pauls fire, south of Tarragona, this Thursday during the day. They will do this “if everything develops favorably”, as explained by the head of the intervention of Juanma Gonzalvest, who indicated that in order to give his repayment, they would have to spend “several more days”.
The fire was stabilized on Wednesday at 13:00. And he remained a stable night. The rain, which fell in this area over the past hours – from five to ten liters – helped firefighters who consolidated the perimeter and examined small smoke and hot points with drones equipped with heat chambers.
Firefighters Generalitat keep a device of 47 cars in Baix Ebre, 25 of them with water, and three air media will be added during the day.
Gonzalvest assured that the night was “very quiet”, and confirmed that they expect evolution to be “favorable”. Nevertheless, he added that we should be attentive to the sunny clock. As soon as this watch passes, they hope that they can give fire for the controlled one.
The rain of the last hours helped the extinction teams, especially in the zones of the perimeter, which were still “a little unstable.” This is the area closest to the Prat -de -Comple, on the left flank, and the point at risk near Alfara de Carl. In both cases, these are areas that could not get to vehicles, and where he had to work with manual tools.
Despite the difficulties, Gonsalvest assured that these areas are also stabilized. And he added that they do not exclude small smoke, but claim that they will be “controlled”.
The fire affected the area of about 3300 hectares, according to preliminary data from rural agents. Since the perimeter remained stable, this surface will not grow.
