Sardinia continues to burn. Ten fires in a few hours, with the reopening of the Orani-Orotelli and Pozzomaggiore fronts .
But the hottest front today is in Usellus, where together with the Super Puma coming from Fenosu and a helicopter from Villasalto, four Canadairs also arrived (three from Olbia and one from Ciampino) to put out the fire that broke out in the late morning in the countryside of village. The flames, driven by the mistral, are spreading quickly towards the Giara plateau , threatening the towns of Assolo and Albagiara . An area of great environmental value, where the characteristic little horses live, is therefore at risk. There is thick smoke in the area and the images shot by helicopters flying over the land show immense expanses of ash. The Villaurbana Forestry Corps staff coordinates the firefighting operations. Five Forestas teams are operating on the ground, another five of volunteers from various associations and two from the Ales and Oristano firefighters. The intervention of the police is also necessary to manage traffic .
A Super Puma intervened in the afternoon in Calangianus , Lu Piani locality. Also on site were the ground staff of the Forestry Corps and the volunteers of the AVPC Tempio Pausania association.
An outbreak of the large fire that kept the citizens of Orotelli and the nearby center of Orani in constant apprehension on Sunday evening was also rekindled . The director of firefighting operations, belonging to the Orani patrol, requested the intervention of a helicopter coming from the Farcana base . The fire started from Punta su Venosu. The flames pushed towards the already burned area and the episode aroused concern among the operators. The ground teams of the Forestry Corps, the Forestas Agency and the Civil Protection are also on site. At around 6.20pm the aircraft left the area after the alarm was raised.
The fire also restarted in Pozzomaggiore , where the Super Puma from Alà dei Sardi and a light helicopter took off from Anela intervened. Yesterday tens of hectares of land were destroyed in the area, the flames started from a perimeter area of the fire, in the Ponte Oinu area. The Forestry Corps, the barracelli of Pozzomaggiore, Semestene and Bonorva, who have been working since yesterday evening and throughout the night on the reclamation operations in the land crossed by the flames yesterday, have returned to work to prevent the fire from spreading further .
(Unioneonline/L)
