Exactly. A fire arising from someone tossing a cigarette into the dry grass or onto forest floor ia NOT an "accident". It is the absolute expected result of the action. And needs to be prosecuted as such.
When we are visitors in a foreign country, we are all bound by the same laws as nationals of that country. There is no exemption for pilgrims.
The sole possible exception might be a person, carrying a diplomatic passport who is officially...
Hopefully more than a few years in a Spanish jail, with a requirement to work for the local forestry replanting trees etc. Oh also have passport marked "not valid in Espanya" for 10 years.
The person kept walking?!?
No doubt we who were not there don't have the whole picture, but this is mind-boggling.
I feel like apologizing (on behalf of all the rest of us) to everyone living there for idiotic foreign 'pilgrims.'
Youre going to meet two people on the Camino of the greatest consequence. One will be the person you are, the other the person you didnt know you are. Be kind to both.
Don't litter. Don't pick fruit from orchards. Don't stomp into the field of sunflowers for the perfect Instagram photo. Don't pick seed out of sunflowers to create smiley faces or arrows. Don't make a ton of noise leaving an albergue in the...
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