Cancel your plans for a Swiss Alps barbecue near the woods this weekend
Train tracks under repair in Goms Valley, canton Valais: green forest but very dry undergrowth
Sion, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Storms that briefly dumped rain on the southern Alps Monday were not enough to avoid a ban on fires, announced Wednesday 14 July by canton Valais officials.
Conditions in much of the canton are very dry and as of now all open-air fires, except home barbecues, are banned.
It will take three days of rain to lift the ban, and with Wednesday predicted to be the hottest day of the year, with no rain in sight, the ban is likely to remain in place for some days.
Three fires broke out Monday, due to weather conditions, in Fully, Brigerbad and Muenster.
A fourth fire, near the Dents de Nendaz, is suspected to have been started by a cigarette thrown from a small plane that passed over the area shortly before the fire broke out.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 14 July 2010.
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Tags: ban, barbecues, canton, fires, open air, Switzerland, Valais
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July 22nd, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Many trips have been cancelled because of bad weather and fire in the Alps region. A huge fire has taken place near railway in the Alps region. such thing hinders a lot of trains trip to Caton Valais. We feel so sorry for such accident which happened as aresult of careless behaviour of some people who threw cigarette over the area.