Arias Cañete niega errores y atribuye al Gobierno canario la gestión del incendio
El ministro rechaza que los recortes estatales hayan perjudicado a la lucha contra el fuego
Califica la situación de este año como "enormemente preocupante"
María Sosa Troya Madrid 16 AGO 2012 - 21:42 CET
Arias Cañete denied errors and makes the Canary Islands government fire management
The minister rejected the state cuts have hurt the firefighting
Describes the situation this year as "extremely worrying"
Maria Sosa Troy Madrid 16 AGO 2012 - 21:42 CET
Miguel Arias Cañete, minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, denied Thursday that his department has made mistakes in the management of fires in the Canaries, and blamed the regional government of the address. "My job is to provide the reinforcing means requested by the autonomous communities, which have competence in the work of extinction," he said. Thus, urged the Government to consider whether canary has enough resources to fight the fire. This year, the fires have affected 132,000 hectares in Spain without taking into account the latest casualties in Hellin (Albacete), La Palma and La Gomera. The figure is 92% higher than the annual average of the last decade. "The situation is extremely worrying," the minister added.
In a year "radically different" to previous ones due to high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds, state media have made nearly 1,300 interventions, compared to the 893 that perform the actual environment each year on average. The latter, in the fire of La Gomera, where some 4,200 hectares affected, have led to an exchange of accusations between the different administrations.
Arias Cañete attributed to the Canary Islands government the responsibility of the three flying boats leave the island state on 8 August, when it lowered the level of emergency despite the heat wave that threatened the archipelago. Two days later, the fire was reactivated and again increased the alert. Regional Security Adviser, Javier Gonzalez Ortiz, rejected on Thursday to have acted improperly, because the technical circumstances to declare one level or another are "practically priced" and, although the aircraft returned to the Peninsula, the work of extinction continued.
Arias Cañete urged the regions to discuss the cuts that have been undertaken, and denied that his ministry has been saved in the deployment to fight the fire: "Although our budget has been reduced by 29%, we increased spending means for the regions at 3.5%. We have gone from 71 million euros to have 74 million. Let everyone evaluate their policy decisions. "
The minister was surprised by the fact that the president of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, has requested a permanent base for flying boats in the archipelago, since the committee meeting in firefighting, which decides the distribution of state media and which was attended by representatives canaries, "did not put the issue on the table."
"There has been no community has complained about not being served," said the minister. Arias Cañete stressed that apply for a seaplane to 1.27 am, when "known" that can not fly at night, is losing a "valuable time".
The minister said further that allocate the Canaries three of the 12 amphibious aircraft available to the ministry, "as proposed by the friend Paulino [Rivero], is not rational." In any case, he said, will review the proposal later this year, when take stock of their actions in 2012 to improve the deployment state next season. Arias Cañete expects that by now has entered into force reform of the Penal Code, which toughen the penalties for those causing fires.
Miguel Arias Cañete, minister of Agriculture. "A plane at dawn? You can not fly by night "The Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Cañete, yesterday defended his performance in the fire of La Gomera: "No evading responsibilities. I have done my duty. "
»Request for airplanes. "Ask for a seaplane to 1.27 on August 5, when they can not fly at night, is losing a valuable hours."
»Media available. "Allocate three of the 12 seaplane services offered by this ministry permanently to the Canary Islands is not rational from the point of view of fire fighting."
"Permanent basis. "When we determined the distribution of state media, the Canary Islands Government did not request a permanent basis. So now surprised. "
JAVIER GONZALEZ ORTIZ, counselor canary. "The seaplane took 20 hours to get"The counselor canary Security, Javier Gonzalez, said yesterday the criticism of Minister Miguel Arias Cañete on fire in La Gomera.
»Request for airplanes. "The request came at 00.15 the day 5 (Canary hours) and arrived 20 hours later. They were not operational until the next day. "
»Media available. "The Canary Islands government requests since 2007, a seaplane base and we only have ceded permanently each summer two helicopter transport units."
"Permanent basis. "Canary is a different region. Besides the distance, our terrain is very steep and variable in a small space, making it difficult to optimize resources. "
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