A forest fire in the Deya Valley was declared at 1.30pm on Friday by the Ibanat agency on its Twitter account. By mid-afternoon, Ibanat was reporting that the fire was Level One seriousness potential. At 6pm, with the same level applicable, Ibanat said that eight hectares of pine forest had been affected. An hour later, and the level was reduced to zero; the situation was described as stable.
Three helicopters were sent to help fight the fire.
Warm temperatures and winds are not helping the efforts, nor is the damage to trees caused by Storm Juliette at the end of February and which hasn't yet been cleared. In the Tramuntana on Friday, the wind was gusting at up to 60 km/h.
The cause of fire has yet to be confirmed. The Soller to Deya road has been closed.
Two other forest fires were declared in Mallorca on Friday. They have been extinguished. The first fire declared on the island was confirmed at 09.38am at Vinyes de Mortitx in Escorca. The fire was extinguished at 12.50pm after affecting 0.02 hectares of scrubland.
The other fire, which was was confirmed at 1.35pm, was in Son Serra de Marina. At 2.22pm., after affecting 0.2 hectares of reed, it was declared extinguished.