JC: Fire ecology of Rocallaura Fires (Lleida, Spain), June-July 2016

The ‘Rocallaura 1’ wildfire took place on June 23rd close to the Rocallaura village (Spain) propagating through a pine forest (Pinus halepensis). Almost one month later, there was a second wildfire, ‘Rocallaura 2’, on July 19th. This second fire was ignited within the perimeter of the Rocallaura 1 fire. This time the fire spread through the pine forest but also through crop fields, olive plantations and finally getting close to the urban areas of Nalec and Rocafort de Vallbona. A total of 817 ha were consumed by those fires.