Asturias registers 91 forest fires with Valdés as the epicenter of the extinction work

OVIEDO, 31 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Principality of Asturias records 91 forest fires at this time, 30 fewer, than there were at 10:30 a.m. The council of Valdés continues to concentrate the actions of extinction and assistance, as reported by the regional government.

Firefighters from the Principality's Emergency Service (SEPA) from various parks, members of the Military Emergency Unit, BRIF from Tineo and Tabuyo, the latter displaced from León, and a Brigade of Preventive Work from the MITECO. The two FOCA seaplanes of the ministry and a SEPA Firefighters helicopter have also been activated for the area.

Emergencies The population is reminded that the following communication routes are cut: As-14 from Montefurado to Berducedo As-351 from Almuña to Merás; AS-219 in Naraval; AS-366 Brieves to Meras. Cadavedo rail traffic.

The N-632 between Ballota and Barcia (Valdés) and the National 634 between kilometers 492 to 455 between Trevías and Canero have been opened to traffic.

Volunteers from the Tineo Civil Protection group will go to the Naraval area (Tineo), where there are telephone communication problems, due to the fact that a repeater has been burned, to find out first-hand about the possible needs of these neighbors.