Wildfires of 2006

Now it's raining
the pines seem to cry
and Autumn is thinking
where will he put chestnuts

— Chelu Nieddu-Tazenda

Onfalu has very dry summers and little precipitations during what's supposed to be the wet seasons. These leads to recurring droughts and often wildfires between the months of June and September.
One of the season that is remembered as the most terrifying in recent years was that of the 2006. The last drop of rain that year fell on the 27th of February. By May the Government already instituted the emergency plan and the water consumption was rationed to 50 litres per person per day. Despite this the natural and artificial basins were empty and dry by mid July.

by Pawel Czerwinski

The natural springs let out only a few drops of water and the wildlife first and the flocks of sheep later started to fall victim of diseases due to the poor diet and lack of water. The Juigadus started buying water from the neighbouring nations, at dire price.

by Kayla Gibson

The Janas tried to help a little but even them were suffering from the lack of the precious liquid that was also one of the main components of most of their rituals.
Then the fire arrived.
In the night between the 12th and 13th of August more than 78 wildfire started to burn and spread aided by a strong southwestern wind. Entire villages had to leave their homes to helplessly see them burning in front of their eyes. Stables and corrals became firetraps and graves for helpless livestock.

Three days later, when the wind changed and the fire suffocated on its own ruins, around one tenth of the forests of the islands had mutated in a blanket of cinders and blackened stumps.
It is unknown how many of the fires were naturally sparked and how many provoked, but at the time 46 persons were captured in flagrance and sentenced according to what the Carta de Logu dictates.

I held you all the night
watching the flames rise high
I can't stay with you in this place
seeing black tears running down your face

— Anonimous

Suspects

by Jack Bassingthwaighte

Many are the suspected causes of the wildfires that destroied the forests of much of the islands. There's been certainly a natural component due to the long lasting drought, but the number of the people caught setting fires during the 24 hours of the disaster incipit lead to think that this was an organized action. Unfortunately the anger was such that many of the accused were sentenced on the spot after only a summary process, and the few that were properly interrogated refused to answer or gave incoherent answers.