Police Drones Patrol Montgo Amid Extreme Wildfire Risk

On nan Montgo massif, nan councils of Denia and Javea person tightened controls to enforce nan prohibition connected access, pursuing nan associated instruction from nan Valencian Agency for Security and Emergency Response and nan Regional Department of Environment and Territory. Local constabulary successful some towns sealed disconnected entrances to nan parkland and deployed typical crushed patrols.

Crucially, surveillance has besides taken to nan skies. Both municipalities are utilizing drones operated by their section constabulary forces to show nan Montgó from above, ensuring that nary 1 enters nan protected earthy area. In Javea, drone patrols besides screen nan Granadella wood park, which is nether nan aforesaid restrictions.

The usage of aerial exertion is proving captious successful extending nan scope of emergency measures, providing authorities pinch real-time accusation to observe imaginable breaches and, much importantly, spot immoderate early signs of wildfire outbreaks.

The location authorities stressed that these bonzer measures are necessary, arsenic prolonged drought, soaring temperatures and barren winds person near nan Valencian countryside highly susceptible to wildfires. In caller weeks, blazes successful Castellón and inland Valencia and Alicante person already forced evacuations and destroyed wood land, pinch firefighters moving successful utmost conditions to incorporate nan flames.

The Costa Blanca remains connected maximum wildfire alert (Level 3 of nan Special Plan for Forest Fire Risk, PEIF) arsenic nan ongoing heatwave continues to push temperatures to utmost levels. On Saturday August 16, thermometers reached 41.8°C successful Pego, while connected Sunday nan highest reference was recorded successful Pedreguer astatine 40.9°C.

The full Valencian region faces nan aforesaid captious situation, starring nan Generalitat to bid nan closure of 17 earthy parks, including Montgo and Marjal de Pego-Oliva. These closures are expected to stay successful place.