The government says it has deployed firefighting aircraft to combat
over 40 wildfires in remote mountaintop locations in northern and
central Spain amid unseasonably warm weather and low
rainfall.
The
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment said in a statement
Sunday it has sent specialist aircraft to the regions of Asturias and
Avila in a bid to dowse outbreaks there.
The regional government
of northern Cantabria said fire crews were combatting some 25 fires
while the government of northwestern Asturias said half of the 16 fires
within its boundaries were being brought under control Sunday.
Credit: The Washington Post
Low
rainfall during a warm autumn season has left some of Spain’s main
reservoirs less than a third full, with one supplying Almeria at only
9.4 percent of its total capacity.
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