The delegate of the Spanish government in the Valencian Country, Pilar Bernabé, explained today that Seprona has ruled out natural causes such as lightning or similar at the point where the fire began, at the old Venta dels Bous. Although the investigation is just beginning, she stated that the fire was intentionally started, and that it could have been with a cigarette butt or a lighter. The Spanish Government Delegation and the Valencia City Council have coordinated to clarify the facts. The mayoress, María José Catalá, explained that they will soon begin to "upload to the Local Police information that residents have provided".

A fire in the Pujol inlet area, in El Saler, has alerted firefighters, who have had to evacuate Tower 1 of the Aparwaks urbanization as a precaution. Twelve firefighting units have been deployed there, joined by seven resources from the Generalitat, two from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, and the UME. In addition, units from the Third Battalion of Intervention in Emergencies have left their base in Bétera to join the extinction missions of the forest fire.