Ribera Ebre fire without control reaches 6500 hectares: The fire of La Ribera d'Ebre (Tarragona) is affecting an area of 6,500 hectares and remains uncontrolled, explained Interior Minister Miquel Buch, in an appearance next to the president of the Generalitat, Quim Torra, and the conseller of Agriculture, Teresa Jordà.
In an attention to the media from Vinebre in the operational command center, where the afternoon briefing was held, Buch explained that the work to put down the first section of the right flank, sector 1 of the fire, go "by the good way »and has positive results.
In the case of the second section of this flank, close to the municipality of Bovera, where the population has been confined in a preventive manner, it is working without it being controlled either, although Buch has specified that the flames "are far away".
Ribera Ebre fire without control reaches 6500 hectares
Restricted access
Torra, has announced that from Thursday night will be restricted access to the massifs of Montserrat (Barcelona), Les Gavarres and Les Cadiretes (Girona) for the risk of fire, and a prohibition of mowing in the fields of 48 hours.
He has appealed to the responsibility and solidarity of all citizens and warned that "the situation can be critical throughout the country" with the high temperatures.
MORE NEWS: Homophobic threat in Barcelona: «I'm going to make you heterosexual to hosts»
A young man suffered in the early morning of this Friday at a fast food restaurant in Barcelona homophobic insults for dressing "feminine" on the part of another young man, who threatened him with the cry of "I am going to make you heterosexual to hosts".
The events took place in a restaurant in the vicinity of the University Square in the Catalan capital, when one client rebuked another for his way of dressing, in his opinion "feminine", in a "public space", a discussion that was recorded in a video that has gone viral on Twitter.
"I tell you to cut a little because you're in a public place, and dress like that, for me, is to be disrespectful, and more having children," the customer snapped at the young man, who was wearing shorts and a tank top .
«Do you want to see how I let you off? I'll make you heterosexual to hosts, "the client threatened, in the presence of the establishment's security guard.
The young man replied that he should not touch him because he had not said "nothing" and that he had only gone to the restaurant "to eat a hamburger."
"I do not have to put up with a kid telling me what to do," the assaulted one tells the security guard, who watches the scene with total passivity.
The young man explains to the aggressor that it is Pride Day and he replies: "I do not care! It is also the day of releasing hosts. Do you want to see how I let you loose? ».
Before the dissemination of the video through social networks, coinciding with the LGBTI Pride Day, the group has turned to show their solidarity with the victim, who has publicly thanked for the support he has received.
In this sense, the Observatory against Homophobia (OCH) has put at its disposal its psychological and legal resources, although at the moment it does not appear that the person has presented any complaint.
The president of the OCH, Eugeni Rodríguez, wanted to influence statements to Efe in the fact that, "in addition, the security guard of the establishment had a very passive attitude" to what was happening.
Rodríguez assured that they have contacted the Barcelona City Council to "activate all protocols to find out what has happened and take action". From the Pride Barcelona 2019 Twitter account they have also expressed their "indignation" at the "serious episode of homophobia".
Investigation
The Mossos d'Esquadra investigate homophobic verbal aggression. Agents of the Catalan police identified both the aggressor and the victim, who at the moment did not want to present a formal complaint, although the Mossos maintain their investigation efforts.
The mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, has condemned on Friday the homophobic verbal aggression, which took place on Thursday after the Pride Barcelona proclamation, and has guaranteed that the City Council will be by the side of the victim, to whom he has offered legal support.