The fires have started
Apr 9th 2023, 9:48 am
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Re: The fires have started
I don't doubt the climate change argument, nor do I doubt how many fires start due to accidents and carelessness, but you might be surprised at how many are started deliberately, especially here in the north.
Apart from the pyromaniacs there are many rural conflicts between ecologists, farmers and neighbours that lead to fires being started deliberately. In Asturias for example, the reintroduction of wolves in the north has lead to many farmers losing sheep, and so they have been known to burn down a forest to get rid of the wolves locally. In my own area, many fires are said to have started to create grazing areas for cattle. Eucalyptus trees are often a simple form of income in rural areas, where you sell the wood every eight or ten years to a company specialised in felling and resale of the wood. It's often heard around here that so and so burnt down his neighbours eucalyptus trees as revenge for some dispute.
In this fire season to date Cantabria has registered 34 fires that were started deliberately IN APRIL!!! On the morning of this report, four were started in different parts of the province in less than six hours. https://www.europapress.es/cantabria...408124057.html.
Apart from the pyromaniacs there are many rural conflicts between ecologists, farmers and neighbours that lead to fires being started deliberately. In Asturias for example, the reintroduction of wolves in the north has lead to many farmers losing sheep, and so they have been known to burn down a forest to get rid of the wolves locally. In my own area, many fires are said to have started to create grazing areas for cattle. Eucalyptus trees are often a simple form of income in rural areas, where you sell the wood every eight or ten years to a company specialised in felling and resale of the wood. It's often heard around here that so and so burnt down his neighbours eucalyptus trees as revenge for some dispute.
In this fire season to date Cantabria has registered 34 fires that were started deliberately IN APRIL!!! On the morning of this report, four were started in different parts of the province in less than six hours. https://www.europapress.es/cantabria...408124057.html.
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Apr 9th 2023, 1:00 pm
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Re: The fires have started
I don't doubt the climate change argument, nor do I doubt how many fires start due to accidents and carelessness, but you might be surprised at how many are started deliberately, especially here in the north.
Apart from the pyromaniacs there are many rural conflicts between ecologists, farmers and neighbours that lead to fires being started deliberately. In Asturias for example, the reintroduction of wolves in the north has lead to many farmers losing sheep, and so they have been known to burn down a forest to get rid of the wolves locally. In my own area, many fires are said to have started to create grazing areas for cattle. Eucalyptus trees are often a simple form of income in rural areas, where you sell the wood every eight or ten years to a company specialised in felling and resale of the wood. It's often heard around here that so and so burnt down his neighbours eucalyptus trees as revenge for some dispute.
In this fire season to date Cantabria has registered 34 fires that were started deliberately IN APRIL!!! On the morning of this report, four were started in different parts of the province in less than six hours. https://www.europapress.es/cantabria...408124057.html.
Apart from the pyromaniacs there are many rural conflicts between ecologists, farmers and neighbours that lead to fires being started deliberately. In Asturias for example, the reintroduction of wolves in the north has lead to many farmers losing sheep, and so they have been known to burn down a forest to get rid of the wolves locally. In my own area, many fires are said to have started to create grazing areas for cattle. Eucalyptus trees are often a simple form of income in rural areas, where you sell the wood every eight or ten years to a company specialised in felling and resale of the wood. It's often heard around here that so and so burnt down his neighbours eucalyptus trees as revenge for some dispute.
In this fire season to date Cantabria has registered 34 fires that were started deliberately IN APRIL!!! On the morning of this report, four were started in different parts of the province in less than six hours. https://www.europapress.es/cantabria...408124057.html.
Apr 9th 2023, 1:03 pm
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Apr 10th 2023, 9:58 am
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Re: The fires have started
I have heard that when it comes to laws they are looking into how accidentally or intentionally should be defined. In the past somebody might have started a campfire and it spread, which would have been classed as an accident. With the laws today the campfire is not allowed in the first place so would be intentional. Unfortunately the rain still hasn't arrived where it's needed most and looks like France is getting a load of it on Thursday.
