Fire on Vesuvius. The column of smoke visible in various areas of the city. Two fire brigade teams were on site.
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A large fire is underway on Vesuvius, in the area of Herculaneum, on the slopes of the volcano in the province of Naples. A large column of gray smoke rose into the sky, visible for several kilometers and from different points of the city of Naples, around 4.00 pm. On site i fire fighters that two teams are operating with APS, tank fire engine, and the country off-road vehicle following. On site the 19/b teams of the Torre del Greco detachment and 9/b of the Ponticelli fire brigade detachment. According to initial reconstructions, according to what Fanpage.it has learned from qualified sources, it was a brush fire which occurred in Ercolano, in via Padula. At the moment, there are no people involved or families evacuated. It is not yet clear what the origin of the fire could be, whether malicious or accidental.
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The risk of fires in Campania
In Campania, unfortunately, as summer and good weather approaches, fires also reappear. Fires often affect areas of vegetation, even large ones, and in particular the Mediterranean scrub. The police and firefighters are constantly engaged in fighting these fires, sometimes the work of arsonists, with continuous monitoring and timely interventions. The institutions, from the Campania Region to the Municipalities involved, issue specific ordinances against the risk of fires every year, which also provide heavy penalties for arsonists with high fines, as well as giving a series of instructions to be respected to prevent and limit the risk of fires. and fires, with useful advice to follow and rules to respect.
