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According to the enormous plume of smoke visible from one Valencia Trader office, near Xativa, something was not quite right in the direction of Barxeta and Simat.
The smoke was visible from about 7pm on the Tuesday evening of 12th July 2005.
By midnight a firy glow was visible on the horizon looking from Canals across Xativa (but we have yet to confirm whether this was the same fire or another!).
More information (in Spanish) in this article at the Levante website:
http://www.levante-emv.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pIdNoticia=122435&pIdSeccion=19&pNumEjemplar=2849&
If you are living in the area (or other forested area at risk of fire) then you may be interested in reading the checklists for protection against forest fire that are listed in our article on the earlier Xativa forest fire:
http://www.valenciatrader.com/valencia/valenciaemergency/valenciafire
Please send in your photos and stories relating to forest fires in Valencia.
Author: Valencia Trader Staff Writer
Created: 2005-07-13 10:02:24 | Updated: 2006-05-31 06:55:33
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