The figure could rise as the causes of some fires are still being investigated, but the number of cases of known deliberate fires on the Balearics between May and August is at least 50 out of a total of 129, the great majority of them on Mallorca. The current number up to the end of August makes 2012 the worst year for fires since 2004.
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Showing posts with label Deliberate forest fires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deliberate forest fires. Show all posts
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Friday, September 23, 2011
MALLORCA TODAY - Four more suspicious forest fires in Mallorca
In all yesterday there were five forest fires for the emergency services to contend with, four of them suspected of having been started deliberately and in an apparently coordinated fashion given their timing and locations. The fires were in Alaró, Palma and Llucmajor, the worst of them being in the latter town in the area of Las Palmeras where 3.25 hectares were affected.
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