At 10:30 am on Saturday the fire of the Natural Park Montgó that until that moment left a worrying figure of 444 hectares burned, of which 418 were forest.
At that same time they have withdrawn the troops from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) who have helped in the work of extinction. After his departure, it has been opened to traffic the road to Les Planes. Emergency services hope to give the fire extinguished in the coming days.
The troops were divided into three sectors: on the road of the planes, some from Dénia to the shooting range and others from the shooting range to Jávea and a third team along the coast, through the urbanizations of Dénia and Jávea. By air 21 mobilized media that worked until sunset and joined the work of extinction Prevention units, Technical Unit, UMMT, Civil Guard, Autonomous Police, Local Police, Red Cross, Civil Protection, ACIF.
More than 400 people collaborate in the work of extinguishing the flames that burned 150 hectares in the municipality of Denia and 294 hectares belonging to the municipality of Jávea. The 50% of the burned properties are municipally owned and the other 50% privately owned. Of the total land calcined, a 22% is forested and the rest is scrub and scrub.
Effective continue overnight cooling the area and meanwhile the causes of the fire are being investigated. As stated by President Fabra in Twitter, the origin appears to be urban but all hypotheses are open, including a possible negligence.
