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The Valencian government has sent this afternoon an ES-Alert to the residents of Catí, located inland in Castellón with more than 700 inhabitants, asking them to evacuate the town via the CV-128 or N-232 roads towards Xert. Its residents had been confined since yesterday due to the smoke from the Tírig fire, and this afternoon the next instructions were to be decided at the 5 p.m. Cecopi meeting, and finally Emergencies issued the alert.

Three forest fires shake the interior of Castellón, in the comarca of l’Alt Maestrat, in the localities of Sierra de Engarcerán, Tírig, and Culla since last night, and the Generalitat Valenciana has declared situation 2 of the special forest fire plan of the Comunitat Valenciana. Likewise, the Emergency Coordination Center evacuated last night, “preventively,” some farmhouses and confined the municipality of Sierra de Engarcerán due to the smoke from the fire.

The apartment taken over by drug addicts in a building on Muntaner street has accumulated up to 49 interventions by the Mossos d’Esquadra so far this year. Most of these interventions are related to fights, arguments, and possession of narcotics.

At least during these last few days, these neighbors have not been finding any drugged person lying sprawled in the doorway of their building. The pressure from the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Guardia Urbana is intimidating the drug addicts who months ago took over a residence in a building on Muntaner Street at the height of Mallorca Street. At least during these last few days, they stopped scaring, insulting, and threatening those who were in the common areas.

La Costa Brava concentrates a large part of the nautical activity of the summer in Catalonia. Between Palamós, Palafrugell, and Begur, about 3,000 boats anchor, according to recent studies. A coastal strip that sustains strong nautical and tourist pressure, with crowded beaches in summer and a multitude of boats that in high season want to anchor in postcard coves. For some time now, some town councils have reduced some anchoring areas, which in the past had become natural shelters for recreational boats on days of garbí, gregal, or tramontana winds. They do so – they explain – basically for reasons of safety for bathers and other users of the aquatic environment and to protect the posidonia beds.

The technicians from the Railway Infrastructure Manager (Adif) will install topographic sensors in the apartment blocks of Trinitat Vella that experienced strong vibrations in the early hours of Thursday due to work related to the Montcada undergrounding project. In this way, the project managers will be able to monitor from now on the possible movements that may occur in the homes on Pare Pérez del Pulgar street, which are in a very precarious state and awaiting relocation to much more dignified new public housing.

About 2,500 loaves of bread and 60 kilos of Roncal cheese in portions ‘flew’ this Thursday from the balcony of the hermitage of the Holy Cross of Quel (La Rioja) before about 2,000 people, who gathered to relive a tradition dating back to 1479.

The neighbors of a building on Muntaner Street at the height of Mallorca Street are asking the Barcelona City Council to facilitate as soon as possible the eviction of a home taken over by people with serious drug problems who are making their lives miserable. If the City Council takes action, the recovery of this property could easily be delayed by a year and a half. If the local administration does not take the initiative and the possible heirs of this apartment do not assume any responsibility, the eviction could become even more complicated.

The heavy storms that have started to pour this morning in Catalonia are already causing traffic problems, with road closures and especially railway service disruptions: Rodalies has announced the closure of sections of seven of these lines due to the impact of the storms.

The residents of two apartment blocks in the Trinitat Vella neighborhood of Barcelona were evacuated from their homes last night by the Bombers de Barcelona after feeling their buildings shake.