Tuesday, August 12, 2014

A fire destroys 22 hectares in the heart of the … – levante.emv.com

A fire destroys 22 hectares in the heart of the … – levante.emv.com

A fire swept through yesterday 22 hectares of forest in the heart of the natural park of the Sierra de Mariola of Alcoy. The fire, caused by all indications, affected an area located halfway Sotarroni and Buixcarró, which burned in 1994 and flames came to threaten urbanization Sergeant, Barxell houses and camping, although the effective deployment of resources, both land and air, avoided that they had to carry out evictions.

The fire started just after three in the morning. He was a volunteer who was in Montcabrer which sounded the alarm, mobilized from there all effective. The fire started in the town of Bocairent, but quickly entered the of Alcoy, where virtually all of the affected area belongs.

All indications are that the incident could be caused either intentionally or through some sort of recklessness, given that it started almost at the crest of the mountain, in a place without any element of risk. Keep in mind that coincided with the meteor shower of tears of San Lorenzo, and in the mountains of the region were people watching this phenomenon.

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