The wave of strong bad weather gives Lombardy no respite. Since yesterday evening an intense disturbance has hit the territories of the provinces of Milan, Varese, Brescia, Bergamo and Monza.
The firefighters were involved in over 120 interventions
The firefighters were involved in over 120 interventions in total for rescue operations for drivers in difficulty, drainage, and securing unsafe trees.
The most critical situation is in the Brescia area where a canal overflowed
The most critical situation in the Brescia area. In the municipality of Flero, in the San Zeno al Naviglio area, a canal of the minor network overflowed and two disabled people were rescued by the firefighters and taken to a safe place.
Bad weather also hit Milan
The strong disturbance also affected Milan and the northern part of the hinterland, causing the flooding of some underpasses with several cars stuck. In the municipality of Cernusco sul Naviglio yesterday evening it was necessary to send divers from the Milan nucleus to evacuate some residents from a house.
Micele: «These interventions have grown by 11% compared to previous years»
Bad weather has been plaguing this area for some time. This type of intervention constitutes an important part of our business and has grown by 11% compared to previous years.” This is stated by the provincial commander of the Fire Brigade, Nicola Micele, for whom “these are much more frequent events, perhaps they also happened before with equal intensity, but now they are certainly much closer together”.
The rescue activities of the Fire Brigade in 2023
The rescue activities of the Fire Brigade in Milan in 2023 were 28,669, around 80 per day, with over 40 thousand teams involved. The average arrival time in the scenario is 17.3 minutes. There were 2.5 fires in civilian homes per day, with 32 deaths in 10 years.
The number of fires increases in the more populated municipalities and is greater in the municipalities where the number of foreign residents is higher and where the incidence of people aged over 60 is greater. In July 2023, 1200 rescue interventions were carried out, with the use of a total of one thousand units and 35 vehicles.
As regards the flood that affected the areas of Milan, Gessate and Bellinzago, there were over 300 interventions. In anticipation of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, the objective is to have a permanent presence in the Olympic village and to strengthen the device overall provincial and fire prevention services at each sporting event.
