Forest fire confirmed at Puig de Son Muntaner in Palma
The fire was declared this Saturday at 16.53 with a potential severity of level 1
PalmaEmergency services confirmed a forest fire this Saturday on Puig de Son Muntaner, near Son Rapinya. The fire was confirmed at 4:53 PM and was declared with a potential severity of level 1.
The fire has been identified with the hashtag #IFPuigSonMuntaner. For the moment, no further details have emerged regarding the affected area, the origin of the fire, or the resources deployed to combat it. The situation remains pending its evolution and emergency services are working to control the fire.
What does potential severity 1 imply?
The potential severity classification 1 indicates that, due to its evolution, the fire may seriously affect non-forest assets or people and, therefore, may require the adoption of protection measures.
Unlike level 0, the lowest on the scale, a fire with potential severity 1 may pose a risk to isolated homes, housing developments, main roads, infrastructures such as power lines or repeaters, and recreational areas if the flames or smoke advance towards these spaces.
This classification also allows for the activation, if the fire's evolution makes it necessary, of protection measures such as preventive confinements, traffic closures, and evacuations of homes located in the areas closest to the fire. Regarding the extinction device, the situation entails a priority mobilization of available resources, both ground and air, to try to curb the advance of the flames and prevent them from reaching vulnerable areas.
