Sagunto completes Romeu firebreak restoration after more than 30 years without action
Sagunto City Council has finished restoring the Romeu firebreak area — the first comprehensive intervention at the site in over three decades — at a cost of 29,338 euros funded by European recovery money.
Work completed in June 2026 strengthens wildfire prevention in the forested Romeu area within Sagunto's municipal boundaries. The project was funded through Next Generation EU money via the Tourism Sustainability Plan, with a total investment of 29,338 euros (VAT included), marking the first full-scale intervention at the site in more than 30 years.
The surrounding environment underlines why the works were overdue. The Sierra Calderona Natural Park — declared in January 2002 under Decree 10/2002 of the Valencian Government and covering 18,019 hectares across 12 municipalities including Sagunto — sees between 25% and 40% of its fires started by lightning, far above Spain's national average of 5%. The largest fire recorded in the park between 1997 and 2017 burned 973 hectares in June 2017.
The Romeu works included access-road improvements and the removal of high-risk vegetation. According to Sagunto City Council's official statement, the intervention is part of the municipality's broader commitment to protecting the natural environment.