Large stake in the Oristano area, evacuated houses in Santu Lussurgiu

On the red dot day for Sardinia, the front of the fire that broke out in the afternoon on the Montiferru, in the Oristano area, came dangerously close to the homes of Santu Lussurgiu.

Some houses have already been evacuated as a precaution, while other citizens are leaving them independently.

The area is covered in a blanket of unbreathable smoke.

For several hours the Forestry Corps, the Civil Protection, the firefighters and the volunteers with numerous teams on the ground have been trying to stem the fire that initially developed between the countryside between Bonarcado and Santu Lussurgiu, and then spread quickly pushed by the wind and from high temperatures. Four helicopters from the regional fleet are currently operating, alongside the Super Puma, the fire brigade aircraft and four Canadair who are throwing water bombs on the area, trying to prevent the fire from reaching the houses.

Some houses were also evacuated in Cabras, also in the Oristano area, also in this case the air vehicles of the regional fleet had to intervene.

Some houses have been blackened by the fire.

Fire also in Arzana where the flames are licking a pine forest and the ground crews and a helicopter of the regional fleet are trying to stem them.

THE MAYOR, IT'S A DISASTER -

"It is a disaster, a sadness and a desperation for the devastation of the territory and the fear we are experiencing". So to ANSA the mayor of Santu Lussurgiu, Diego Loi, about the fire that is ravaging the territory, dangerously approaching the houses of his municipality, in the Oristano area. "Santu Lussurgiu, protect us - writes the mayor on his Facebook profile, publishing the photos of the gigantic fire - A disaster. And we are afraid of the worst. We need the maximum deployment of all means, to avoid irreparable damage". Dozens of comments of support and encouragement. Like the one published by the mayor of Baunei, Salvatore Corrias: "Montiferru is on fire and in Santu Lussurgiu the inhabitants are leaving their homes - he writes on the Facebook page -.It is the curse of every summer, the ancestral plague that afflicts us. Fall, the same curse, on those responsible. Come on Diego, come on Lussurgesi ".