
As long as nobody goes wild with a box of matches, this summer is going to go down as the best in a decade, given the low number of major fires.
If you had viewed the Sierra Nevada webcams yesterday you would have been amazed to see the slopes under a white carpet… in August.
Andalucia has seen 15,254 hectares of forestland and mountain shrub destroyed by fire so far this year, which is three times higher than last year.
A woman was allegedly caught red-handed trying to start a forest fire with candles – she stands accused of having caused 15 of the fires that have assailed Galicia this summer.
The forensic department of the regional police, charged with investigating forest fires, has identified the cause of two recent fires in the province.
The western end of Asturias is being threatened by over 100 different forest fires. The idea that they could be from natural causes is remote, to say the least.