Meanwhile, the minority is calling for greater telephone coverage in the area: "The intermittently absent cellular network has significantly complicated the firefighting team's response."
Pensioner Luigi Camedda, a resident of Narbolia, may have died of illness. The alarm was raised after his family members failed to see him return home.
The flames were tamed at dawn, but work continues on some dangerous fires: only then will it be possible to count the damage, which is significant even if limited by the mobilization of the fire-fighting machine and volunteers.