The house and the animals remained: they, and only they, managed to save them. Everything else was consumed by the fire, devoured in fact, but in Gonnosfanadiga, the farmers' age-old solidarity immediately kicked into action, with a fundraiser that, 24 hours after the massive blaze , had already surpassed four thousand euros in donations on the Gofundme platform online: "We always help each other, we never leave anyone who suffers a tragedy alone," says Giorgia Pili, 35, partner of Sandro Putzolu, who is ten years older and inherited the farm from his father, "now it's our turn, and everyone is helping us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
According to firefighters, the horrific blaze that burned three hundred round bales, a milk tanker, a feed truck, a car, two trailers, a baler, and a seed drill, caused damage amounting to two million euros. "We are desperate, but we will recover: we owe it to our three children, all boys under ten, to the farmers, and to the people of Gonno who came to help us. We are sad, but filled with gratitude: the village has become a family. It happens all the time."
Luigi Almiento
(Giovanni G. Scanu collaborated)
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