Early evidence indicates that pyrotechnic material is the main hypothesis for the cause of Wednesday's fire in Gavà, according to Agents Rurals, Catalonia's rural officers, who are investigating alongside the Mossos d'Esquadra, the regional police. The cause has not been confirmed, but the line of inquiry matters locally because the blaze affected about seven hectares, mostly woodland, and prompted the precautionary confinement of around 6,000 residents in Gavà, Viladecans and Sant Climent de Llobregat.

The first alerts were later lifted after the fire improved, with a new ES-Alert sent to residents in the three municipalities to end the stay-at-home order. Investigators are now working to identify the people responsible, according to information reported by EFE and attributed to Agents Rurals.

"The first indications of the investigation point to the use of pyrotechnic material as the main hypothesis for the origin of the fire," Agents Rurals said, according to EFE.

What is confirmed so far

According to the information published on 8 July, the fire broke out that afternoon in the municipality of Gavà. The affected area was estimated at roughly seven hectares, most of it forest land.

  • Location: municipality of Gavà, in the Baix Llobregat area
  • Date: Wednesday 8 July
  • Area affected: about 7 hectares
  • Land type: mostly forest
  • Protective measure: around 6,000 people confined at home before the order was lifted

Neither Agents Rurals nor the Mossos d'Esquadra had publicly confirmed the exact cause at the time of reporting. The use of pyrotechnic material remains an investigatory hypothesis, not a proven conclusion.

What residents should do

Residents in Gavà, Viladecans and Sant Climent de Llobregat should check the latest ES-Alert notifications on their phones, as those alerts were used to announce both the initial confinement and its later lifting. People near the affected woodland areas should also follow any instructions issued by emergency services and local authorities if conditions change again.

The investigation is continuing jointly between Agents Rurals and the Mossos d'Esquadra to establish responsibility for the fire.

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