He Candelario City Council and the Junta of Castilla y León They work together in the creation of a fire safety ring to reinforce the protection of the urban area of the municipality and minimize risks in the event of possible forest fires.
Operatives from the Board will clear the properties that delimit that ring, but not without first obtaining the authorization of their owners. Therefore, The council has organized an information meeting that this will take place Friday, March 6, at 11:00 a.m. in the Candelario City Hall itself.
Candelario is one of the towns with the highest fire risk in the province. Was victim of a level 1 last August, when the flames from the Jarilla fire spread to an area of stone and brush. Its total extinction took several weeks.
In March 2023, members of the Board were carrying out a controlled and authorized burn in the municipality when another forest fire started, destroying 160 hectares of bush before being controlled.
