Maximum fire risk spreads in the Algarve

I urge all car drivers put a smoking ban on themselves throughout the hot summer months... I am a heavy smoker but I made it a priority not to smoke in the car. If I need a cigarette I stop the car in the nearest supermarket car park. I witnessed so many people throwing cigs out of car windows along the 125 many dry grass patches. It's easy done as people not taking into account winds from a rear car speeding over your discarded cig will undoubtedly be flipped into the air possibly onto the grass areas. Please all driver think about this. We don't want a repeat of last year's fires in Monchique or anywhere else in the country.

By Steven Barlow from Algarve on 15 May 2019, 22:27