That Eivind Trædal links the fire in Krokstadelva to climate change is unsurprising, but that Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez does the same is more serious. If politicians are to blame disasters on a cause we can do nothing about, one word comes to mind: abdication of responsibility.

This is raw populism from a head of government who bears responsibility. He can simply blame the climate. We are going to see more of this.

– Year after year, we clearly see how climate change kills and destroys our communities. This is not about politics. It is fact, Sánchez said during a visit to the village of Tamajón.

Sánchez thereby gives himself and the government carte blanche to introduce every conceivable tax and restriction. Because the climate demands it. Do you want more forest fires?

In California, Governor Gavin Newsom has refrained from doing anything about the types of vegetation that enable fires to spread at record speed. We do not know what the situation is in Spain, but questions of forest clearance that can prevent fires from spreading rapidly are a concrete measure that works.

Another question is whether the fires are deliberately set. It is an extremely sensitive political question, and moreover a question neither Sánchez nor the media will ask. But we know that deliberate arson occurs.

If Sánchez cares so deeply about the climate, why does he then allow 1.2 million illegal immigrants into the country? They increase consumption, expenditure and lawlessness.

Macron is the same type of politician as Sánchez. Abdication of responsibility is their distinguishing feature.

So far this year, Spain has been hit by 22 major forest fires, and one of the fires claimed 13 lives near the city of Almería in Andalusia.

Forest fires have also ravaged France this week. On Tuesday, two firefighters died in the battle against the flames near Bordeaux Airport. Two fires are raging here in the Arcachon region, south-western France, and have forced several thousand residents and camping tourists to evacuate. One of the forest fires has scorched an area of around 20 square kilometres.

A fire that has raged in wooded hills in another part of southern France, in the Var region, was brought under control on Wednesday, after strenuous efforts by 600 firefighting personnel. Several hundred people have been evacuated as a result of this fire, which has scorched an area of 25.5 square kilometres. (NTB)

When we see images of tireless firefighters, we ask ourselves: How long can they endure fighting the flames?

The same can be said of the police. These are front-line professions in the most concrete sense of the term. When they give up, the problems descend upon the population.