Alt Empordà · Catalonia · Spain · 22–30 July 2012
The Bombers account dates the La Jonquera alert to 12:54 on 22 July. It reconstructs more than 1,000 hectares burned within the first hour, followed by a response in which crews had to protect settlements, roads and other exposed assets across multiple sectors. The published timeline distinguishes the start of a control phase from formal control and extinction. Those three milestones span more than five days.
Four milestones and their intervals
| Milestone | Date and time | Time since previous milestone |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 22 July, 12:54 | Start of the recorded chronology |
| Control phase | 24 July, 20:30 | 55 h 36 min |
| Controlled | 27 July, 07:48 | 59 h 18 min |
| Extinguished | 30 July, 07:56 | 72 h 08 min |
The calculation shows why a timeline that combines the first two control labels would lose nearly two and a half days of incident history. The tactical account describes extensive spotting across a landscape with agricultural land, woodland and settlements. It explains how field sectors worked within a common strategy while handling simultaneous priorities. Bombers incident analysis and tactical reconstruction
One regional emergency, two incident records
The 2012 campaign review has separate entries for La Jonquera and Portbou. La Jonquera was already active when Portbou was reported later on 22 July. The Portbou analysis describes how road closures in the La Jonquera corridor redirected northbound traffic and affected the response at Portbou. The operations were linked by traffic and resource demand, while the areas and control milestones belong to their respective fires. Bombers 2012 campaign review, major incidents table · Bombers Portbou incident analysis
Area and evidence limits
The incident summary gives a 12,898-hectare headline figure and attributes 13,088 hectares to Agents Rurals. The figures differ by 190 hectares, about 1.45% of the larger value. The document gives both estimates without enough geometry or measurement metadata to reconcile them. The timeline uses the published local times. It describes response milestones and provides no continuous measurement of active fire.