Quartu, the desperation of those staying in the former Tamarix: «We have lost everything»

The acrid smell still lingers in the area, including the beach. A stone's throw from where the flames have devoured almost everything. " We have lost the caravan and everything inside, together with a tool shed ", says Ornella who, with her husband Michele Zollo, has established her summer residence in front of the beach, a piece of land transformed into a village with artifacts and small prefabricated houses that host 160 people during the summer. " No maintenance in forty years, these reed beds are dangerous ," adds the woman.

An area, a stone's throw from the beach, which has become an illegal subdivision , as evidenced by the report made years ago by the Municipality to the Public Prosecutor's Office. Complete with a demolition order suspended by the TAR pending the amnesty requested - and so far never obtained - from the owners of the various lots.

Provincia di Cagliari

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Matteo Vercelli

Meanwhile, the mayor Graziano Milia intervenes on the inferno of fire that surrounded the city yesterday. First in Pitz'e Serra, then in via Fiume and finally at Poetto. With the Quartese side of the Molentargius devastated - for the umpteenth time - by flames.

"It is unthinkable that this park, established at the end of the 1990s, continues to live without personnel and tools to control the territory", Milia's words. «Suffice it to say that, as far as prevention is concerned, a very small detachment of the Forestry operates there which must also deal with other areas . It is not a structure in a position to prevent and prevent these things from happening, unfortunately by now frequent: if we make a calculation, every ten years the reeds catch fire two or three times. We have set up a park and, as a Region, we have a duty to provide it with all the necessary tools for management . We will reflect on this», adds the mayor, «also posing the problem of what are we doing in a park without having powers, tools and structures. We are convinced», he concludes, «that our position is shared by the regional councilor and the mayor of Cagliari».