Wildfire in Las Hurdes-Sierra de Francia, Spain (2022-07-13)

<br/> Activation time (UTC): 2022-07-13 10:10:00<br/> Event time (UTC): 2022-07-11 16:00:00<br/> Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)<br/> <br/> Activation reason: <br/> A fire started in the early afternoon of July 11 is affecting the Natural Park of Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia, an area of great ecological value. About 4000 ha have already been burned. Several villages have been affected and about 600 people have been evacuated. State resources are working to extinguish the fire and the State Plan for Civil Protection against the risk of forest fires is activate. The weather conditions and the steepness of the terrain are making extinction difficult.<br/> <br/> Reference products: 0<br/> Delineation products: 3<br/> Grading products: 1<br/> <br/> Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.<br/>