Firefighters Handle 7 Wind-Related Incidents in Sant Julià de Lòria

Firefighters carried out seven interventions on Sunday in Sant Julià de Lòria parish amid strong winds, mainly clearing four trees that blocked Carretera General 1 toward Os de Civís, alongside fallen building parts and overturned motorcycles.

The Prevention and Extinction Corps managed all responses in this southern area, where gusts hit hardest. Teams visited the Os de Civís road four times from around noon until just after 5 p.m., cutting back broken or dangling trees and removing them to reopen the route safely. Corps sources noted checks for other potential hazards during each stop.

Additional calls in Sant Julià addressed wind-damaged structures. A 20-kilogram solar panel fell from a sixth-floor building, struck a first-floor window, and landed on the ground, causing property damage but no injuries. Crews also retrieved a chimney cap from a terrace and stabilized a loose concrete slab.

Gusts toppled several motorcycles, some onto the road and others onto each other, with only material damage reported. No injuries occurred in any incident.

A yellow wind warning from the Meteorological Service remained active until Monday at 6 a.m. The events came after a Saturday pre-alert from the Civil Protection Department, ahead of an orange forecast for gusts up to 100 km/h in valleys and over 140 km/h at peaks, accompanied by cooler air and possible snow flurries. Monday brought improvement via Atlantic high pressure, with stable sunshine, highs near 17°C in Andorra la Vella, and lingering northerly winds gusting to 60 km/h at elevation.