The fire broke out on Wednesday in s’Albufera It was turned off around 6:30 p.m. this Friday after burning approximately 109 hectares of sugar cane. For its part, the Es Murterar road has already been reopened, according to information from the local Alcúdia police.
The forest fire, the third in this area in two weeks, It was declared at 11:30 a.m. this Wednesday. Initially, the fire, which broke out on the Son Fornari road, was declared severity 0, but shortly after it was upgraded to potential severity 1 due to the possible risk to the population.
Following the fire, the Consell de Mallorca closed the road from Sa Pobla to Es Mureterar and residents of three homes had to be evacuated as a precaution.
The fire burned approximately 109 hectares, which They add to the 138.7 that have burned so far this year in the Balearic Islands. In the two other fires recorded recently in s’Albufera, 50.4 and 62 hectares were burned respectively.
Specialists from the Ministry collaborate with agents of the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard to investigate the origin of the fire and determine whether it was intentional or accidental.
The nightmarish month he lived through s’Albufera de Mallorca, a protected natural area of great biological value and environmental that suffered in just 30 days up to five fires that burned around 225 hectares of sugar cane fields, an area that represents 82% of the total affected by flames in the Balearic Islands so far in 2024.
Everything seems to indicate that these fires are intentionally started by arsonists. The Civil Guard is investigating the real reason for these flameseven if they have great difficulty locating the starting points. And the fact is that most of the fires in the past month in s’Albufera de Mallorca have two things in common: they started in places close to residential areas and the wind complicated extinguishing efforts.
The last fire declared this Tuesday was the largest in the Balearic archipelago so far this year. The fire devastated around 106 hectares of sugar cane, although they are now considered stabilized, and the road from Sa Pobla to Es Murterar had to be closed. In addition, around fifteen families threatened by the proximity of the fire had to be evicted from their homes.
