Eight people from three homes in the Puig de sa Bassa urbanisation had to be evacuated this morning due to a fire that burned 7,000 m² of vegetation. The Bombers de Mallorca and Ibanat managed to extinguish it by midday.
The flames were detected shortly before eight in the morning in Puig de sa Bassa, a residential area of isolated houses surrounded by pine trees and dry scrub. The alert to 112 immediately mobilised the Local Police, who confirmed that the fire was rapidly advancing uphill, driven by the wind and the high temperatures of recent weeks.
Urgent evacuation of eight residents
Agents from the Local Police, Civil Guard and Civil Protection attended to the homes closest to the front of the fire. Of the five threatened houses, only three were occupied: eight people, who evacuated on their own without the need for medical assistance.
The mayor of Son Servera, Pep Servera, and the councillor for Police, Bernat Grimalt, arrived in the area from the very beginning to coordinate the operation and assist the residents.
Aerial and ground firefighting efforts
The Ibanat mobilised a dozen forest firefighters with two fire engines, as well as a plane and a helicopter for extinguishing. Meanwhile, the Bombers de Mallorca sent personnel from the Felanitx and Manacor parks.
The steep terrain and the extreme dryness of the vegetation complicated the efforts, but the rapid intervention allowed for the flames to be controlled around ten in the morning. By one o'clock in the afternoon, the fire was declared extinguished.
The flames, thirty metres from the houses
At its most critical point, the fire was located just thirty metres from the homes. The burned area reached 7,000 square metres, all of which was low woodland and pine forest.
Once the fire was extinguished, the eight evacuated residents were able to return to their homes without any personal or material damage reported to the buildings.
The Civil Guard has opened an investigation to clarify the causes of the incident, although initial hypotheses suggest it may have been due to an uncontrolled agricultural burn or a poorly extinguished cigarette butt.
This new forest fire in eastern Mallorca once again highlights the high fire risk on the island during the summer months, with vegetation that ignites like tinder after weeks without significant rainfall.
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