{"id":110173,"date":"2024-10-15T16:33:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/?p=110173"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:41:59","slug":"wildfires-in-the-balearic-islands-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wildfires-in-the-balearic-islands-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The period of high risk of fires in the Balearic Islands ends with 128.8 hectares burned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Environment has concluded the high-risk wildfire season in the Balearic Islands with <strong>128.8 hectares burned (93% of the total for the year) in 65 incidents (80% of the total for the year)<\/strong>. Despite the severe drought this year, the number of wildfires remained within the annual average. However, Councillor Joan Simonet emphasised that <strong>the risk of wildfires persists throughout the year<\/strong> and urged the public to exercise extreme caution.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe risk of wildfires exists all year round. We ask the public to exercise great caution and care.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simonet, alongside the Director General of Natural Environment, Anna Torres, and the head of the Forestry Management Service, Joan Santana, presented the campaign results, which ran from <strong>1 April<\/strong> in the Piti\u00fcses and from <strong>15 April<\/strong> in Mallorca and Menorca. Over the year, wildfires primarily affected Mallorca, where <strong>92% of the burned area<\/strong> was recorded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110170 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bomberos.webp\" alt=\"High-risk wildfire campaign ends in the Balearics with 128.8 hectares burned across 65 incidents in 2024\" width=\"780\" height=\"587\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The impact of wildfires in the Balearics in 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This year, wildfires in the <strong>Albufera of Mallorca<\/strong> defined the campaign, with a total of <strong>112.4 hectares burned<\/strong>, representing <strong>81% of the total<\/strong> affected area. The most significant fires were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fire in Son Serra (Es Mercadal)<\/strong> \u2013 7.5 hectares burned on 12 March.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fire in the Es Morts torrent (Son Servera)<\/strong> \u2013 4.2 hectares burned on 10 April.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fire in the Albufera of Mallorca (Sa Pobla)<\/strong> \u2013 50.4 hectares burned on 28 May.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second fire in the Albufera of Mallorca<\/strong> \u2013 62 hectares burned on 8 October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Causes and prevention of wildfires<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The majority of wildfires in the Balearics during 2024 were caused by <strong>negligence, accidents, or intentional acts<\/strong>, accounting for <strong>89%<\/strong> of the incidents. Councillor Simonet stressed the importance of <strong>self-protection<\/strong> and <strong>awareness of the risk<\/strong> to prevent fires, especially in urban-forest interface areas.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Forestry Management Service, Joan Santana, pointed out that rapid intervention, particularly from aerial units, was key to controlling <strong>89% of the incidents<\/strong> in their initial phase, with less than one hectare affected.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Drought and climate change increase the risk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>extreme drought<\/strong> affecting the Balearic Islands during the autumn and winter, coupled with the <strong>high spring temperatures<\/strong>, forced the early start of the high-risk wildfire season. This year, the <strong>&#8220;Fire 4&#8221; alert level<\/strong>, the highest, was activated multiple times due to high temperatures, underscoring the need to remain constantly vigilant.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Inter-island resources and operations in the Balearics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The wildfire extinguishing force in the Balearic Islands operates as an <strong>inter-island team<\/strong>, enabling the deployment of aerial units and specialised brigades between islands. This year, around <strong>350 people<\/strong> were part of the firefighting team, comprising aircrew, heli-transported brigades, environmental agents, firefighters, and other professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Wildfire Communications Centre (CCIF)<\/strong> coordinated all operations, handling nearly <strong>3,000 incidents<\/strong> up until September, including controlled burn notifications and false alarms.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 wildfire campaign has demonstrated that, despite adverse weather conditions, <strong>prevention<\/strong> and <strong>rapid intervention<\/strong> are key to minimising damage. However, Councillor Simonet reiterated the importance of maintaining <strong>precaution throughout the year<\/strong>, as the risk of wildfires does not end with the summer campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Environment has concluded <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wildfires-in-the-balearic-islands-in-2024\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":110171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1520],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The period of high risk of fires in the Balearic Islands ends with 128.8 hectares burned - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The high-risk fire campaign in the Balearic Islands concludes with 128.8 hectares burned in 65 incidents in 2024.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/wildfires-in-the-balearic-islands-in-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The period of high risk of fires in the Balearic Islands ends with 128.8 hectares burned - 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