Keep burning there dump Of Mazzarà Sant’Andreain the province of Messina. ContinuesWhy the fire started yesterday afternoon and he moved on all night long; there was even an attempt to create one fire zone – intervening with mechanical shovels and bulldozers – but it would not have been successful, because it was too dangerous. Carmelo Navarra, mayor of the municipality of Mazzarà Sant’Andrea, says that “for the moment the flames are being tackled with jets of water and foam that reach 70 metres”. This «thanks to two vehicles that arrived during the night – continues Navarra – one of fire fighters, the other from the Milazzo refinery”, also in the province of Messina. In the meantime “while waiting for the Canadairs and helicopters to return, earth is also being thrown on the abandoned waste, to suffocate the flames”.
The wind – absent today – yesterday he brought the smoke downstream of city centre. L’Regional agency for environmental protection (Arpa) has installed a detector to monitor air quality in the Municipality of Vigliatore spa, towards which the smoke was directed yesterday. According to the statements of the mayor of Mazzarà Sant’Andrea, the triggers they would be At least two – one on the border with the Mazzarrà stream and the other upstream from the landfill – «and this leaves no doubt about the malicious nature of the fire», concludes Navarra.
