Flames in the night in the Crab play area, in Le Bombarde, one of the most popular beaches in Alghero. The fire developed around midnight inside the kiosk bar, a wooden structure with a metal part, with attached services and a play area for children.
Located near the pine forest, facing the sea, the place was engulfed in flames, probably triggered by a short circuit from a refrigerator, which reduced the bar to ashes and destroyed most of the material and equipment, including the cash box. , household appliances, computers and video surveillance devices. The fire also devoured the photovoltaic system outside the structure.
It was the owner Pasqualino Canu, 59, who alarmed the firefighters of the Alghero detachment. "My wife saw the area where the structure is located light up and immediately realized that something serious was happening - says the owner - so we rushed to the place, but now there was nothing left". The fire extinguishing operations engaged the Red Helmets team for over two hours, an intervention that ended with the reclamation of the area. Excluding the malicious nature of the fire.
