>> police now takes it seriously when you call in about someone burning a pile somewhere. Not too sure. I was on holiday in the Algarve last year in Sept, and

>> police now takes it seriously when you call in about someone burning a pile somewhere. Not too sure. I was on holiday in the Algarve last year in Sept, and called the police to ask them about a lot of smoke drifting down into the town where I was. They just shrugged it off as "people are clearing their fields". I know Sept is not prime fire season, but there was little rain at the time last year.