Five cars were destroyed last night in two separate fires in the center of Brindisi. The incidents occurred a short time after each other. The first fire, the most unusual, occurred around 3 am in via Belvedere, a road that connects via Lata to Corso Garibaldi, passing through via De Flagilla. A car suddenly caught fire while it was moving. The driver, noticing the flames, managed to stop the vehicle and get out unharmed, but the car continued to move on its own downhill. The vehicle, still on fire, reached via De Flagilla where it stopped next to two parked cars, spreading the flames and devastating both vehicles.
The firefighters arrived on site and worked to put out the fire and secure the area. Almost at the same time, another fire broke out in via Alfredo Cappellini, another central area of the city. In this case, a parked Volkswagen Golf was engulfed in flames. Here too, the flames quickly damaged another vehicle parked nearby. Again, the firefighters intervened promptly and managed to put out the fire. The cause of the fire is still unclear, and it is not known whether there are any connections between the two incidents.
