Forest fire in Segovia, Spain (2019-08-05)

Activation time (UTC): 2019-08-05 09:29:00

Event time (UTC): 2019-08-04 14:46:00

Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)



Activation reason:

On 04/08/2019, a forest fire was declared in the Municipality of La Granja de San Ildefonso, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León. As a consequence of this fire Sierra de Guadarrama National Park is threatened. The Sierra de Guadarrama accounts for a representative sample of the high-mountain Mediterranean natural systems, such as shrubs and Alpine pastures, pinewoods, Pyrenean oak woods, peat lands with glacial and periglacial landforms, and mountains landscapes with geological extraordinary elements.



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