King Felipe and Queen Letizia: You visit affected forest fire areas

Spain has been hit by the worst forest fires for decades. King Felipe VI. (57) and Queen Letizia (52) have now taken a picture of the location on site. “Your majesties, the royal couple, will visit the most important areas that have been affected by the heavy fires in Castile and León in the past few days,” was announced in advance.

It also said: “Felipe and Letizia will travel to Castilia and León, where they will visit the Lago de Sanabria y Sierras Segundera y de Porto (Zamora) and Park Las Médulas (León) in order to find out more about the damage and needs of the affected residents and to combat the fires and to protect the fires have contributed to expressing their thanks. “

As the Spanish “Hola!” Magazine reports, the couple was able to implement their plan and speak to the emergency services, firefighters and officials of the regional government of Castile and León. In addition, the two are said to have been welcomed by the residents with cheers and applause. Pictures show how letizia kneeling with some children and Felipe shook numerous hands.

“Then they went to the San Martín de Castañeda monastery to meet representatives of the cattle breeding, beekeeping and catering industry from the districts affected by the fire in Porto de Sanabria and with residents that were evacuated on August 18 and were able to return to their houses this week,” says the Spanish royals. “Finally, the royal couple met with authorities and mayors of the affected areas to find out about the damage caused, the needs of the residents and the plans for the reconstruction.”

As the royal house continued, the couple will “visit several places affected by the fires on Thursday and on Friday in Extremadura”.