Fire Ponte Brolla - 26/03/2016

The fire started shortly after 16:00 in Ponte Brolla, on the cliff face above the Centovalli restaurant. The fire was caused by a 25 year-old Swiss German. Communicated by the Cantonal Police and the Police of the city of Locarno. The investigation of the case has been opened to determine the correct steps that led to the fire. The young man was identified thanks to reports collected by some witnesses on the spot. The 25 year old was arrested and after interrogation confirmed to be the author of the fire.
The affected area is 1200 m² and its off two helicopters on Friday and three on Saturday were employed. On the spot also came the firemen of Locarno and the Mountain of Fire Melezza, also mobilized the soldiers of the SAS Locarno. In place you have traveled well as two patrols of the city of Locarno and two ambulances as a preventive measure. On the rock wall at the time of the fire there were several athletes who were climbing up the slope climbing. Fortunately none of them was injured.
The forest rescue operations started on 25/03/2016 to the 16:20. The fire was confined to the evening. 03.26.2015 Today the fire has started to consume vegetation exponentially, the fire is out operations lasted until around 20, when the fire seemed to have shut down. Tomorrow 03.27.2016 will be assessed the extinction of the fire, always hoping it will not be rekindled overnight.