The residents of Uncastillo have received at 1:10 p.m. an ES-Alert alert to evacuate the town in the face of the advance of the forest fire declared in the municipality of Orés. The evicted will be transferred to the Ejea de los Caballeros sports center.
The fire is still active and at level 2 after a «very difficult and complex» night, marked by erratic winds, as explained by the Minister of the Interior, Finance and Public Administration, Roberto Bermúdez de Castro. The fire has already burned more than 4,500 hectares of crops, scrub and forest mass.
Until now, the municipalities of Orés, Asín, Luesia and Malpica de Arba remained evacuated. About 80 people have been staying for hours, staying at the Ejea de los Caballeros sports center or with relatives. The residences of Orés, with 13 people; Asín, with 15; and Luesia, with 30.
