Big fire in Giugliano, black smoke cloud visible from the highway

«It’s the usual summer for those who live in the Land of fires” comment users from Giugliano in Campania who publish, with a mixture of anger and resignation, photos of the area north of Naples infested by a fire of relatively small dimensions but which develops a significant “mushroom” of toxic fumes, visible even from several kilometers away, even from the highway. It almost certainly means that in the area someone is setting fire to material containing copper or other metals. The plastics burn, releasing dioxin and other toxic substances into the air and the metal remains, almost always copper, which is resold on the black market.

The area of ​​the fire is that of Riccio Bridge, of the Roma camp in via Carrafiello, an area that has already received attention several times: it is a private area that has been illegally occupied and has become a symbol of degradation and a mass of crimes of all kinds. The owners of the structure have reported the situation several times to the relevant bodies and also publicly, asking for support because they obviously cannot intervene on their own to clear and reclaim the area.

The prefect of Naples, Michael Of Bariafter a series of round tables and operational meetings, he committed to finding solutions, the issue affects not only the Municipality of Giugliano for social policies, but also public order. Giovanni Pirozzi Municipal councilor of Forza Italia in the Giugliano municipality, writes on Facebook:

You had the courage to reject, as if the problem did not exist, the proposal, first signed by me, in July 2023 which provided for the establishment of a special commission of inquiry for Terra dei Fuochi with the aim of drawing up a report to be transmitted to the Public Prosecutor’s Office to assess the existence of the elements of the crime of attack on public safety.