MALLORCA TODAY - Cala Torta fire believed to have been intentional

The Guardia Civil and the Balearics Nature Institute believe that the fire that claimed over 450 hectares near Cala Torta in Artà was started deliberately. The source of the fire is said to be the same as previous fires in the areas, including that of 1992 which, until the recent Andratx fire had been the worst registered on Mallorca.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Fire-starting on Mallorca "out of control"

There have been 18 separate woodland fires on Mallorca in the past week, leaving no one in any doubt that most if not all have been started intentionally and for the suggestion to be made that this pyromania is out of control. Fires over the past days have occurred in Capdepera, Betlem, Son Vida (on more than one occasion), and numerous other places. The environmental group GOB has called for the public prosecutor to become involved, suggesting there is something more sinister than just random fire-starting as some of the fires have broken out in more or less the same locations as fires last year. Regional government president, José Ramón Bauzá, has said that consideration will have to be given to changing and strengthening laws to try and combat what he acknowledges are not accidental fires.

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MALLORCA TODAY - Two more deliberate fires in Bendinat

Yesterday two fires were started close to each other and at roughly the same time around midday in the Bendinat area of Calvià, leading police and fire authorities to believe they were deliberate. The fires were stabilised swiftly, resulting in only some 2,000 or so square metres of wood land being affected.

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