Italy in the grip of fires. A forest fire broke out around 12:30 near via Pericoli in the Massimina area, Rome. Several teams from the provincial Fire Brigade Command intervened on site, engaged in extinguishing operations. Rescuers are operating with the support of forest fire modules (Aib), while the Provincial Shift Chief and the Firefighting Operations Director (Dos) coordinate the interventions and assess the possible use of aerial means to contain the fire front. Operations are made more difficult by the presence of wind, which is favoring the spread of the fire. At the moment, no people are reported involved. The intervention is still ongoing.
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More or less at the same time, a fire was also recorded in Versilia, on the hill along via Dietromonte, between Capezzano Pianore and Camaiore. Firefighters and forest fire and municipal civil protection teams are on site. A helicopter from the regional forest fire service is also taking off from Florence.
Critical situation also in Sardinia, where agents of the Sardinia Regional Forestry Corps are intervening with the support of ground teams and a helicopter from the operational base in Iglesias on a fire in the Podere San Michele area, in the municipality of Carbonia. The operations are coordinated on site by the commander of the Carbonia Forestry Station. Flames also in San Nicolò d’Arcidano, in the “Coddu sa barracca” area where regional rangers have requested the intervention of the helicopter from the Fenosu operational base. The operations are coordinated on site by the Firefighting Operations Director of the Marrubiu Forestry Station.
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In Emilia Romagna, a forest fire has affected about one hectare of vegetation, between fields and woods, since last night in the San Damiano area, in the municipality of Camugnano, on the Bologna Apennines. The flames broke out around 2:30 am and nine teams from the Bologna Fire Brigade Command intervened on site, coming from the detachments of Castiglione dei Pepoli, Monzuno, Vergato, and Gaggio Montano, supported by two tankers. The ground teams are engaged in containing and controlling the fire.
The overall picture is one where over 60% of the national territory is affected by drought, with situations of mild, moderate, and severe alert. This emerges from an estimate by Coldiretti based on Copernicus maps. The drought, the agricultural confederation emphasizes, affects all supply chains with the most serious situations for corn, rice, pastures, soy, as well as vegetables, grapes, olives, and fruit, while milk production in stables has dropped by 20 percent. The drought emergency is accompanied by that of fires. Since the beginning of the year, almost 75,000 hectares of forests and land have already burned, according to Coldiretti’s analysis of Effis data. According to Coldiretti, the situation confirms the urgency of investing in the creation of a national plan of reservoirs equipped with pumping systems capable of producing electricity.
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