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UK firefighters go to Spain for wildfire training as number of blazes surges

But this headline at the top of the article is really a link in a paragraph to a story in a local newspaper from April, which is here:

Fire fighters ready for summer after specialist wildfire training

However in this story there is a quote which highlights a difference between Catalonia and Spain - "Though the beautiful scenery may seem a lovely backdrop for a barbecue in the sunshine, the consequences can be devastating. Please be considerate." In Catalonia when the fire alert level reaches a certain level you simply can't have barbecues in or close to the countryside and can be fined if you're caught whereas in the UK you can only be fined after starting a fire which spreads out of control. So that's a big part of managing fires - not starting them in the first place... would a law like this in the UK be a step too far or simply just recognising that there are idiots everywhere?

Moses2013

The idiots are everywhere anyway and laws probably won't stop people doing it. You see it with litter, dog fouling and although there are fines and even signs showing the actual fines, people don't care. I posted in the Wildfire thread a few weeks ago and in Ireland we had a large wildfire at the peak of a nice walking area. Investigations into what is believed to be criminal damage have been launched. There is a suspicion of arson as copper wiring and insulation were discovered.

It probably does make sense to create such a law, all you can really do is educate people at a young age and hope for the best, install CCTV.