Protecció Civil has sent an ES-Alert this Monday morning to order the preventive evacuation of the nuclei of Ranxo Bonany, Can Llenes, Can Joan de la Costa, and the Cases Romanill, in the municipality of Querol (Tarragona), due to the evolution of the forest fire originated in Aiguamúrcia.
Protecció Civil de la Generalitat has activated the alert of the Procicat Plan for heat due to the forecast by the Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya (Meteocat) of the start of the third heat wave of the summer this Sunday, which will last at least until Wednesday and will be intense in the counties of northwest Catalonia and with intense nighttime heat in counties of the southern coast and pre-coast.
The Bombers of the Generalitat are working with more than 70 teams and 200 personnel this Sunday afternoon on a new forest vegetation fire in the Vall d’Infern, in Aiguamúrcia (Tarragona), which forces the confinement of the population centers of Ranxos de Bonany, Bon Any, Valldossera, Can Llenes, Mas Gassons, El Mas Vermell, and Pontons. The fire is advancing strongly and already affects about 80 hectares of forest land in the terms of Aiguamúrcia and Querol (Alt Camp) and Pontons (Alt Penedès).
High-speed train services between Girona and Barcelona have been interrupted this Saturday due to a train breakdown near La Sagrera station, according to reports from Protección Civil and Adif around seven in the evening.
Inspectors from Barcelona City Council uncovered a complex of at least 31 illegal tourist flats set up at number 441 Travessera de Gràcia, just a few meters from the modernist complex of Sant Pau hospital. “Ours, if we’re lucky, is twenty square meters – a few customers explained this Friday at the building’s entrance –. The truth is, it’s the shabbiest place I’ve ever stayed.” “Are they illegal apartments? I’m not surprised! – others added – we thought we were booking a kind of apart-hotel, but apart from the cleaning staff, there’s no one here to take care of anything.” “We made the reservation through Booking, and then they wanted to charge us some very strange surcharges.”
Bombers de la Generalitat is working with seventeen units on a fire in an industrial warehouse in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona), which has forced the evacuation of all personnel, although no injuries have been reported, and is causing a large column of smoke visible throughout the area.
While Barcelona finalizes preparations to receive the imminent visit of Pope Leo XIV and a few days before the Pontiff officiates a mass in the Sagrada Familia basilica, the Lego Group presented this Thursday the largest set in its history by volume of pieces: an exact replica of the expiatory temple, the city’s most emblematic building, composed of 12,060 pieces.
The circulation of Rodalies R3 line has been interrupted this Thursday between Manlleu (Osona) and Ripoll after a train collided with a tree that had fallen onto the tracks, due to heavy rainfall. The incident, which occurred on a single-track section, resulted in no injuries. The Bombers de la Generalitat, who received the alert at 8:07 PM, dispatched six units and evacuated the six passengers traveling on the train.
The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has assured that they will pay “all benefits” to patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), has denied that her Administration was going to establish a co-payment and has called the state regulation “shoddy.”
From the Vatican to reggaeton. This coming weekend, the visit of Pope Leo XIV and the concerts of Bad Bunny have skyrocketed hotel demand in the capital and also their prices.