Three simultaneous fires and over 40 hectares burned bring tension back to the Galician mountains as the high-risk summer campaign approaches Facebook X - Twitter WhatsApp Telegram LinkedIn Copy link Send by email 1 comment Galicia is once again looking at the mountains with concern. Three forest fires have been active since early afternoon on this Monday in Ponteareas (Pontevedra) and in the municipalities of Carballo and A Laracha in A Coruña, with a combined surface area that has already exceeded 40 hectares burned, according to provisional estimates shared by the Rural Environment Department at 5:00 PM. The first fire was declared at 2:20 PM in the parish of Noicela, in Carballo. The fire forced the mobilization of a team with four agents, one brigade, one water pump, two technicians, a helicopter, three technical support units, and four planes, which are still trying to contain its advance. Just half an hour later, at 2:47 PM, a second fire started in the parish of Ribadetea, ...