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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Canary Islands Reported 148 Forest Fires in 2005
As we approach summer and the fire season once again, comes this report that there were 148 forest fires, 63 of which were in protected areas, in the Canary Islands during 2005, which burnt an area of 2,143 hectares, much more than in the previous year (334.51 hectares). September, July and August, in that order, were the months during which the greatest number of fires occurred.
Other than in 1998, when 110 fires razed 6,266 hectares, only 2004 and 2005 registered more than 100 fires (142 and 148 respectively). Although measures are intensified during the summer months, services are on guard year round. Various measures have been put in place for the Summer 2006 campaign. Most of the fires are caused by negligence and accidents at the hands of man.
Canary Islands Reported 148 Forest Fires in 2005
