Huesca fire: 300 personnel battle blaze on Peña Oroel
A wildfire in Huesca, Spain threatens Peña Oroel with 300 personnel deployed. Larués, Bailo and Arbués evacuated as empty Spain burns.
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300 personnel fight the fire threatening the cradle of Aragón
The fire burning in the Jaca region is no ordinary wildfire: in its path lies Peña Oroel, the mountain that watches over the city, and a few kilometres away, the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, the burial place of the kings of Aragón. The rain has stopped, the thermometer has reached 28 degrees and the fire front keeps advancing.
The numbers behind the operation
While a hundred volunteers carry out preventive work in the area around Peña Oroel, the authorities have confirmed the evacuation of residents from Larués, Bailo and Arbués; at 15.00 a convoy will leave to collect belongings. At 17.00, the volunteers will be pulled out for their own safety. The scale of the official response, however, seems thin: around 300 personnel for a vast stretch of territory. The question asks itself: where is the rest of the state? Jaca has a military academy, but there is little it can do if the fire breaks out of control from San Juan de la Peña towards the east.
Meanwhile, the heritage is being moved to safety: the remains of the kings have already been transferred from the old monastery. The cradle of Aragón burns in silence, barely an echo in the national media. Empty Spain, politically as well, keeps burning. How much does failing to invest in prevention cost? Nobody has the answer yet.
The fire burning in the Jaca region is no ordinary wildfire: in its path lies Peña Oroel, the mountain that watches over the city, and a few kilometres away, the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, the burial place of the kings of Aragón. The rain has stopped, the thermometer has reached 28 degrees and the fire front keeps advancing.
The numbers behind the operation
While a hundred volunteers carry out preventive work in the area around Peña Oroel, the authorities have confirmed the evacuation of residents from Larués, Bailo and Arbués; at 15.00 a convoy will leave to collect belongings. At 17.00, the volunteers will be pulled out for their own safety. The scale of the official response, however, seems thin: around 300 personnel for a vast stretch of territory. The question asks itself: where is the rest of the state? Jaca has a military academy, but there is little it can do if the fire breaks out of control from San Juan de la Peña towards the east.
Meanwhile, the heritage is being moved to safety: the remains of the kings have already been transferred from the old monastery. The cradle of Aragón burns in silence, barely an echo in the national media. Empty Spain, politically as well, keeps burning. How much does failing to invest in prevention cost? Nobody has the answer yet.
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