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The winter and spring rains have been a double-edged sword. Although they favored the growth of crops such as cereals, the high temperatures in June have turned these fields into flammable areas. This is how David Borrell, head of the Generalitat's Fire Department, explained to ARA, stating that Catalonia is under threat of "very violent" agricultural fires. The most recent cases are those on Tuesday in Sanaüja and Torrefeta and Florejacs (La Segarra), which were declared under control on Wednesday night, but ended with two fatalities and more than 5,500 hectares burned.

In 2017, terrifying wildfires in Chile that burned nearly half a million hectares served to define a new type of forest fire: sixth-generation wildfires. These fires are characterized by their rapid spread and unpredictability, as they are capable of altering the surrounding weather conditions, making extinguishing them extremely difficult. One of these fires is affecting the regions of Ponent, specifically Noguera, Segarra, and Urgell, and at press time had burned nearly 6,000 hectares, mostly crops, and had caused two deaths.

This Tuesday afternoon, while the fires of Poniente, which have already caused two deaths, burned vigorously, A huge column of smoke and ash was generated that could be seen from the entire plain of Lleida. pyrocumulus, and this one in particular reached a height of between 14,000 and 19,000 meters, according to the Fire Brigade and the Meteorological Service of Catalonia. A phenomenon of a magnitude never before observed in Catalonia.