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Around four p.m. was controlled scrub fire that was recorded this morning in the vicinity of the Repsol refinery in the Valley of tailings and that has affected some 12 hectares of the Sierra de la Fausilla.
The flames, which govern or is unknown, but could come from a power line, started about 11 am, mid-slope of the mountain, located south of the petrochemical complex. The wind favored the rapid spread of fire into the sea in the opposite direction to the refinery.
Moved quickly to place fire units of the City of Cartagena, forest brigades and environmental agents Infomur Plan of the Region of Murcia.
The steepness of the area forced to move air assets.
First, three helicopters Infomur Plan, and subsequently, about two in the afternoon, after activation of the emergency level 2, two aircraft over Valencia and one from the Ministry of Environment.
His intervention was crucial to effectively manage the incident, about four in the afternoon, they went to their respective bases.
In the area were then a hundred people who were responsible for putting down the embers, including 60 forest brigades, 16 firefighters of the City of Cartagena, a score refinery fire staff, ten civil protection Cartagena and six of Lorca.
Rushed to the scene also effective Local Police and Civil Guard.
About half past five in the afternoon, retired fire personnel remained in the area and a catch of the brigade of the Autonomous Community, waiting to declare extinguished the blaze.
Coordinating the tasks have been in place the first deputy mayor, Joaquin Segado, and the Councillor for Public Safety, Mariano García Asensio, along with the Minister of the Presidency of the Autonomous Community, Manuel Campos, CEO and Public Safety, Luis Gestoso.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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