Flames and fear in Bonorva due to a fire - the eighth in ten days - which developed in the suburbs and reached the town in the Serras area. About forty houses were evacuated and the fire threatened a home for the elderly.
Four helicopters from the regional forestry corps and two Canadair took off from Olbia arrived on the spot. The fire brigade, forestry corps, barracellar company and civil protection operated on the ground.
It seems that triggers have been found.
“Today was the worst day - the comment of the mayor Massimo D'Agostino - Tragedy was really risked. Thanks to the professionalism of the operators, the situation is now under control, but we are very worried. This is the eighth fire in ten days, all small, but all arson and all started from the same area. We don't know who the arsonists are and why they do it, but the climate in the country is getting really heavy, and this can't be good. "
"HIGH" DANGER - For tomorrow, the Regional Civil Protection has issued a new bulletin with "high" fire danger and which will affect almost the entire territory. The alert level is orange.
(Unioneonline / ss)
