As many as 21 fires in Sardinia in yet another day of fire in this hellish summer . Helicopters in flight in six locations, almost all in the southern sector of the island, with three fires still ongoing, in particular in Serramanna where a farm was seriously damaged and several animals died . In Giba, however, a hare was saved .
In Siurgus Donigala an aircraft departed from Villasalto, the extinguishing operations were coordinated by the personnel of the GAUF Nucleus of Cagliari. In ashes one hundred grams of Mediterranean scrub.
Two aircraft, including a SuperPuma, intervened in the countryside of Nuraminis , Monte Matta Murroni, where the flames spread over 100 hectares of Mediterranean scrub, olive groves and uncultivated land. The personnel of the Forestry Corps Station of Dolianova coordinated the extinguishing operations. A service area and a Terna High Voltage overhead line were also threatened.
Six hectares up in smoke in the countryside of Maracalagonis, in the Riu de Staini area , where the extinguishing operations were coordinated by the personnel of the Sinnai Forestry Corps Station, assisted by personnel on board the helicopter from the San Cosimo base.
Fire also in Sestu, Is Cannisonis, where a helicopter from the San Cosimo base was requested to intervene. A helicopter also in Serramanna, near the railway line, with damage to a farm and the death of several pigs. Here a helicopter from Pula intervened. Finally, in Bortigiadas, where a helicopter from the Limbara base intervened and the flames are hitting a forest near Lake Doria.
Operations are underway to extinguish another forest fire in the countryside of Perfugas in the Vallenieddes area. The flames are affecting an area near Lake Castel Doria, west of the hamlet of Ponti Ezzu .
(Online Union)