The smoke of the fires The blaze that is ravaging much of the Iberian Peninsula has reached the Balearic Islands and turned the sky gray. The islands' forested areas are a powder keg due to the overgrowth of vegetation. But if many of these areas have already been burned elsewhere in Spain, why haven't they done so in the Balearic Islands? What are the keys to keeping forest fires at bay in the archipelago?

The Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment has declared the forest fire that broke out this Thursday afternoon in the Sant Miquel stream in Sa Pobla under control. According to Europa Press, the fire was confirmed at 5:05 p.m. and was declared a potential severity level of 1. At 7:00 p.m., it was declared under control and became a potential severity level of 0.