- Thread starter Wheathead
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Where there is smoke...there is fire?
The sky to the south of Cortecito is literally BLACK. Thick smoke is apparent. Still no sirens, no indication of any kind of emegency...but that is typical of the D.R.....
It doesn't smell like burning cane...lived in Louisiana for years and they burn the fields there every year and it's a different smell.
5 fires a day - since no lightning to cause these, I suppose people are at fault or refracted sunlight through discarded glass.
Yep...that's the source...apparently can't fight it due to the location be unreachable with fire equipment...will have to wait until it starts to burn the golf course at Cabeza de Toro.
3 helicopter units from Central Romana have arrived to try and get it under control. Was VERY impressive to see the smoke when I left work at 4:30. It's located behind Downtown Punta Cana, between them and Laguna de Bavaro. Almost no rain lately has dried up all the brush around there so it'll take a good amount of water to soffocate it. Tourists at nearby hotels are being affected by the smoke but the fire itself is still a safe distance from the Cabeza de Toro hotels.
