The Government takes control of Madrid due to the advance of a huge fire (the two fronts, that of Villa del Prado and that of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, joined forces at noon) that threatens the lives of the numerous population living in the western mountains of this region.
The Civil Guard arrested one person this Friday and is investigating another as the perpetrators of the Burgohondo forest fire (Ávila). The fire has already burned more than 9,000 hectares, and its origin is a serious imprudence due to the use of heavy machinery in this area where its use was totally prohibited.
The King participated this Friday, by videoconference, in the meeting of the State Coordination and Management Committee (CECOD) of the State Emergency Plan. From the operations center of the General Command of the Balearic Islands, the head of State, who this morning began his official stay in Palma with audiences with the Balearic authorities, is following from Marivent the evolution of the fires unleashed in the Community of Madrid, and in areas of Castilla-León and Castilla-La Mancha, which have forced more than 20.000 people to evacuate and another 25.000 to be confined.
The Government takes control of Madrid due to the advance of a huge fire (the two fronts, that of Villa del Prado and San Martín de Valdeiglesias, have joined forces this midday) which threatens the lives of the numerous population living in the western mountains of this region.
Spain has requested this Friday the activation of the European response mechanism, asking for 4 fixed-wing aerial firefighting assets, Cadena Ser has reported and La Vanguardia has been able to confirm. Greece has accepted the request, offering two Canadair CL-415 aircraft, and a preparatory meeting for the deployment is scheduled for the morning.
The simultaneity of fires in the vicinity of Madrid complicates extinction efforts, with four active fires close to each other and the added difficulty of being very close to each other and in three different autonomous communities.
The simultaneity of fires in the vicinity of Madrid complicates extinction efforts, with four active fires close to each other and the added difficulty of being very close to each other and in three different autonomous communities.
The mother investigated along with her partner for alleged serious injuries and sexual assault with penetration to her six-week-old baby in Barcelona has assured the judge today that she never saw any signs of ill-treatment from her partner towards the little one and has reaffirmed her innocence: “If I had seen it, I would have reported it,” according to judicial sources.
It was a forced water landing 74 years ago. An accident that changed the way air safety was understood and whose mechanical protagonist has finally been found this week near Puerto Rico. The plane, a Douglas DC-4 from Pan Am, a mythical American company that even then covered every imaginable route. Pan Am was a symbol of a modern world and a planet that was getting smaller. Initially called Pan American World Airways, it was the epitome of air glamour in its time, and also the involuntary reason why cabin safety on all commercial aircraft radically changed since that plane’s accident.
The judge of the National Court Ismael Moreno has opened oral proceedings against two executives and the captain of the Pitanxo ship for 21 negligent homicides and imposes a bail of 44 million euros.