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Proposes to set roadblocks at the entrances to the area burned in order to arrest the perpetrator of the incident
The Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Manuel Campos, said today that the September 7 "there was a fire in the Sierra de Calasparra, but committed the crime of arson with two outbreaks started almost simultaneously at a distance about eight miles in the mountains of Puerto and the Mill. "
Campos appeared this afternoon at the Regional Assembly, at its request, to detail the actions to be developed for the control and extinguishment of this fire, the largest recorded in the Region of Murcia in the last 16 years.
The charge of Justice and Public Safety said the possibility of environmental disaster in more than two people involved, since the two major fires originated in just ten minutes despite the long distance between them.
In this regard, he recalled that the perpetrator of this crime faces prison sentences of one to five years and a fine of twelve to 18 months, as stipulated by Article 354 of the current Penal Code.
However, the facts can be considered as a crime against flora and fauna of the total penalty could reach ten years in prison.
Campos lamented that "the greatest threat to forests constituted by the man, whose actions reckless or intentional actions of the arsonists threaten to destroy the forest reserve for much of our forest," and called for education and prevention to combat such disasters.
The counselor suggested that police checkpoints are established at the entrances to the areas affected by fire in order to arrest the person or persons responsible for the loss.
Also, the Minister stressed that "the speed, efficiency and seamless coordination" of all personnel involved in extinguishing the fire in the Sierra del Molino, Calasparra, along with favorable weather conditions, prevented the burn was almost five times higher.
In the absence of a final estimate of the burned area, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety said: "The latest assessment shows that satellite hit the forest could be around 600 hectares, although they could burn some 3,420 hectares, according to data from the simulation conducted by the Ministry of Interior and sent to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency.
Evolution of fire
The fire broke out in the foothills of the Sierra del Puerto around 19:00 hours and in just ten minutes, another outbreak was detected south of the Sierra del Molino, located on the opposite side of the first fire zone.
The local wind speed-setting between 21 and 26 miles per hour, air humidity and high temperatures provided the fire is spreading very fast, with a running speed between 4.5 and 10 km / h , so that the flame travel an average of 61.4 meters per minute.
The seriousness of the situation led the regional government to raise in just two hours from 1 to 2 alert level Infomur Plan, which in turn meant the request for assistance to other regions.
The flames swept sunny spots in the Sierra del Molino and Albarda, jumped into the river gorge Quípar and stepped into the shadow of the Sierra de la Palera in the town of Cieza.
The perimeter of the fire was 25 miles and 6.5 miles along.
The troops worked day and night in the work of extinguishing the fire, which finally gave controlled three days after the start and was declared extinct on September 17.
Some 875 people participated in the fighting, including fire brigades, forest, local police, Civil Defence volunteers, members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME), 237 vehicles, 16 planes and the Plane of Air Media Coordination (Acovi) .
Also the neighboring regions of Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia joined their aircraft to the fire extinguisher.
The regional government president, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, visited the fire zone, from the outset, to follow in situ the evolution of the fire.
Also attended by Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Manuel Campos, and Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerda, the director general of Public Safety and Emergency Luis Gestoso, the director general of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, Pablo Fernandez, and the mayors of Calasparra, Jesus Navarro, and Cieza, Antonio Tamayo.
Reforestation
Campos noted that the flames swept large areas of plant space with high environmental value, which is classified as Special Protection Area (SPA) and Site of Community Landscape (LIC), but qualified that did not suffer any damage enclaves archaeological sites of El Pozo, whales, and Serreta Creeper.
The burned area was covered by Aleppo pine forest, scrub, and grassland espartal, while it destroyed the habitat of species such as ibex, wild boar, partridge, rabbits, owls, peregrine falcons and golden eagles, Bonelli and roadways.
The counselor explained that the repopulation of the area burned in the Sierra del Molino, which starts this year and through 2015, will be held in two phases.
In the first, burned trees are removed to prevent pests and will be holding activities to prevent soil erosion and pesticide treatments.
And then, between 2012 and 2015, repopulate areas where no trees grew, repair roads and areas of fire run.
In the nineties there were two major fires in the Northwest region of Murcia, in particular, one in the Sierra del Molino in 1991 and another in Moratalla in 1994, but these burned areas do not coincide with the surface affected by the recent incident.
Source: CARM
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