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(30/11/2016)

The City Council of Totana reiterates that, following instructions from the Autonomous Community, only vegetable fires can be carried out in the zones enabled with barbecues of work in the places of "The Angel" and "The Grifo", next to the sanctuary of Santa Eulalia, of So that outside of these spaces it is strictly forbidden to carry out vegetable fires in the open air on the occasion of the pilgrimages.

In addition, it is reported that, exceptionally and exclusively, camping-gas can be used outside the areas established for cooking traditional dishes in pilgrimages.

Councilor for the Environment, Agustín Gonzalo Martínez, and the Local Police corporal, Norberto Cánovas, gave an account of the measures established and explained that fire will only be possible in the fixed and permanent infrastructures authorized for this purpose, allowing outside These structures only with gas, so that the indications of environmental agents, forces and security bodies and other emergency personnel must be followed at all times.

This measure is adopted by order of the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment, through the management of the regional park of Sierra Espuña, which is the competent body in this matter for the prevention and extinction of fires in natural spaces.

In the Local Board of Citizen Security of last November 18 already realized the guidelines established by the management of the regional park of Sierra Espuña in order to comply with the rules of this body on the limitation of the use of vegetable fires only in barbecues .

In this way, it will be possible to carry out vegetal fires in these infrastructures by order of occupation, that is to say, in order of arrival to them;

There are six barbecues in the place of "The Angel" and three others in "The Griffin".

In addition, the use of the camping-gas is limited to a specific perimeter that will be determined by the environmental responsible, who will take more measures such as the placement of information signs and fencing to avoid vehicle access to areas that pose a risk to the environment, between Others.

Redundó is that this measure "does not depend" of the City Council but of the Autonomous Community that is the competent administration in this matter and advocated that this day becomes a day of celebration and coexistence.

The council stressed that the City Council is "a guarantor of compliance with the current legality in the face of extreme drought in the mountains" and said that these measures have already been adopted in other areas of the Region of Murcia, such as El Valle park , Due to the effects produced by the progressive drought.

In fact, this situation has caused, as part of the Infomur Plan, the number of fires and hectares devastated as a result of fire in the last year, falling from 75 to 42 fires.

He recalled that since 2013 are already eliminating some barbecues in the park as those of the places of La Perdiz, Balsa Chica, Las Alquerías and Fuente del Hilo, and only those operating in La Santa are still operational.

He also appealed to the understanding and education of the neighbors in this issue because, he said, these measures are aimed at protecting the natural environment and the environment, and in order to avoid that major incidents can be regretted.

He also reported that this year is expected to have a drinking water tank of 2,000 liters in the neighborhood of La Santa coinciding with pilgrimages as a possible element of emergencies in any incident

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana / Totana.com

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