Forestry officials stopped the man near the flames that had just broken out along the 195 Racc. It is not clear whether this was a deliberate act or a case of extreme recklessness.
Forestry data on wildfires in Sardinia, updated as of July 15: "Heat and wind don't start fires: they fuel them, but human intervention is often behind them."
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:NGU2NTg3N2YtNTg1Yy00:ZmJhOGY3NDYtOTAwNi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Sassari, a man with a gun in his hand robs a supermarket: "Give me the money or I'll shoot you." He then apologizes before fleeing.")
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:NDJhZTdjODktMGYxZS00:MGM4YzEyNTQtNDZkNi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Cagliari, man found near the newly started fire: "It wasn't me."")
![Il Cacip, a sinistra il nuovo presidente e sindaco di Capoterra Beniamino Garau (Archivio)](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:ZTUyMGRkM2YtMmVhYi00:YTVjOGQ1YzUtM2FmMy00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Beniamino Garau is the new president of CACIP: "Now a new chapter for the Consortium."")
![Il Prefetto Alessandra Nigro](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:ZjRiNjQwYmUtMjc0Yy00:OWZmYjcyM2EtNTI1Mi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Nuoro, Algerian illegal immigrant repatriated: "Socially dangerous"")
![Francesca Arcadu con il padre](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:OGE2YTg3MzUtZmEzZS00:YzgyOTZiZTktNzUzOC00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 ""Wheelchair access to the Sassari Courthouse is not possible."")
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:MmVkYjE0OTMtYmJlNy00:OGVhZDZlNWMtOTNlYi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "The mayor of Ottana is in prison, and Pittalis visits: "I will inspect his detention conditions."")
![Lo spot con con i dirigenti medici ed assistenti sanitari (Foto Asl)](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:M2M0OWM0YjEtMDY4Zi00:ZWIxNWVhNjMtNjFlYi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Oristano appeals to young people: "Get vaccinated against human papillomavirus."")