El jefe de la UME: “A los grandes incendios forestales no se les puede atacar, solo nos podemos defender”
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Lieutenant General Francisco Javier Marcos, head of the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME), states that large forest fires cannot be fully contained but only defended against. He describes the rapid advance of recent fires in Ávila and Madrid as being beyond control.
“Un fuego que avanza a 15 metros por minuto está fuera de control. El de Ávila y Madrid corría a 60”, explica el teniente general Francisco Javier Marcos