The president of the Principality of Asturias, the socialist Adrián Barbón, has insisted this Saturday that the forest fires that have ravaged the region since Wednesday are something "premeditated and organized." "I want to make it very clear that the responsibility lies with those who light the fuse, with those who have acted as what they are, authentic terrorists," said Barbón, who indicated that "he wants to see people in jail for what has happened." .
Barbón has appeared at a press conference after the meeting held in La Morgal in which the mayors of the municipalities affected by the fire have participated via telematics. There he has once again insisted that the full weight of the law must fall against those who have caused this situation.
"When I talk about terrorists, I'm talking about criminals who have to be investigated, who have to be detected, who have to be identified and who we want to make them pay with all the force that the laws impose," Barbón said. , which has affected that although there has been luck and there have been no deaths, the truth is that "we have to be aware that there could have been hundreds of deaths throughout these days."
As an example that we are facing premeditated and organized actions, he has cited the Naranco fire in Oviedo, where it was lit in 12 points at the same time, "what was done to endanger the houses."
"Around a larger fire, new fires appeared that had nothing to do with the wind and that sought to worsen the situation in many points," said Barbón, who has appealed to the public so that if they have suspicions, they should not be afraid and collaborate to find to the guilty.
Regarding the type of damage and what is sought with these actions, Barbón has said that it is "something we do not know." "There are theories for all tastes, but we must wait for specific data from the investigations," the Asturian president stressed, adding that what is clear is that they are criminals who have put the lives of hundreds of people at risk.
He has once again stressed that the priority has been marked these days has been that of "life, houses and towns". "Save lives, save houses and save towns", he said and thanked all the media, the troops that have turned to those priorities.
The forest fires in Asturias are, at the moment, "controlled and stabilized", except for one fire registered in Parres and another in Belmonte de Miranda, for which reason support troops that have been deployed in recent days are beginning to be withdrawn community.
This was confirmed this Saturday by the manager of the Emergency Service of the Principality of Asturias (SEPA), Óscar Rodríguez, at a press conference in which he was accompanied by the president of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, to take stock of the wave of fires that They have affected the western zone with special virulence and have forced the evacuation of nearly 400 people.
At this time, there are 71 "open" fires, but they are "controlled", and only two, in Aballe (Parres) and Cutiellos (Belmonte de Miranda), have not yet been stabilized, although the arrival of rain will help the work , has pointed out the manager of SEPA.
Meanwhile, in Cantabria, the services that collaborate in the extinction of forest fires have managed to put out the eight fires that were active in the community this Saturday, so that, at noon, there are only two controlled sources in Argüebanes (Camaleño) and Barrio ( Vega de Pas).
This has been reported by the regional government, which has indicated that since 6:00 a.m. this Saturday no forest fire has been caused, although there were four since 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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