Fires in Sardinia: 20,000 hectares of vegetation ravaged, July 25, 2021

Mobilized within the framework of the Civil Protection Mechanism of the European Union, the two Greek planes are already operational and the two French planes were to arrive on the island in the morning. Their mission is to support the 7,500 men, seven Canadair, and 13 Italian helicopters engaged in the field. The Sardinian authorities have declared a state of emergency after the violent fires caused by the drought, the heat, and the sirocco which destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest, olive groves, and crops in the region of Oristano (west). The breeders, for their part, have lost many sheep and goats, and homes, as well as agricultural and industrial premises, have burned down. The fire is still raging locally and the emergency services fear the arrival of the mistral, a northerly wind that could change the trajectory of the fires and thus pose threats to new areas. In her village of Cuglieri, Paola Messana, a retiree who owns 200 olive trees, had to flee at the la