forest fire is burning on the island of Ibiza and has already affected 1,500 hectares of pine.
forest fire is burning on the island of Ibiza and has already affected 1,500 hectares of pine. The fire is believed to have been started deliberately and one arrest has been made, a man understood to be charged with ‘imprudence’.
What is expected to end up as the worst fire ever seen on the Baleares, broke out after noon on Wednesday in the Sierra de la Morna, in Sant Joan de Labritja, and has been declared to be level 1 risk because of the closeness of homes in the NE of the island. The fire has been moving overnight to the area of Portinatx and San Vicent de sa Cala. Dozens of villas have been affected by smoke and evacuated. Some 100 local residents have been evacuated.
As many as 40 firefighters continued to work overnight, and three fire fighting planes and five helicopters are being used to fight the flames, but their work is being complicated by the wind. More air support may be sent from the mainland today, and a military emergency unit of more than 150 men has joined the operation.
Last summer Ibiza saw the previous largest forest fire to be seen on the Baleares since 2000. In that case 354 hectares was destroyed.
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