The alert level for fires remains very high in Sardinia , also and above all due to the high temperatures and the wind, which can fuel the flames.

For the day of Saturday 23 July, the Civil Protection issued a notice of "reinforced attention" for the "high" risk of fires , in particular in the center of the island, in the Campidano area and on the east coast.

On Friday there were another 15 fires , which destroyed over 200 hectares of land .

In five locations, in addition to the ground teams coordinated by the Forestry Corps, air vehicles, helicopters, Superpuma and even Canadair had to go into action.

The most challenging fronts in Bottidda , in the locality of “Caramiddai”, after the flames covered an area of about 10 hectares of wooded pastures.

And then to Orotelli , in the area of "Rio Istrampu", where the flames attacked pastures and arable land and where the SS 129 was closed for about two hours .

And again, men and air vehicles in action also in Ozieri , where about 200 hectares of land have gone up in smoke and where a malicious trigger is suspected .

Finally, two hectares of agricultural and wooded areas burned in the Posada territory, in San Michele, and also damage to one hectare of cork trees in Burgos, in the Mandronaghe area.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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