Italy, fires in Carso and Versilia: over 200 fire brigades in the field with 55 vehicles

By Cristiano Antonino Last updated Jul 22, 2022

Operations continue for the extinction of forest and interface fires that have been engaging the fire brigades on the Gorizia and Trieste Carso since yesterday morning

Fires on the Carso, the intervention fronts of the Fire Brigade

On the active firefronts, at Devetaki, Sablici, Jamiano in the municipality of Doberdò del Lago, in the province of Gorizia, and Medeazza in the municipality of Duino Aurisina, in the province of Trieste, 100 firefighters with 25 vehicles are at work, operating with the support of two Canadairs and a helicopter of the National Corps’ air fleet.

At the moment, the fire is not yet under control and precautionary evacuations are underway around the Jamiano settlement.

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Not only on the Carso: the extinguishing operation also continues in Versilia, particularly on the Massarosa hillsides

Over 100 firefighters with 30 vehicles are in action between the hamlets of Chiatri, Fibialla, Pieve a Elici, Montigiano, Gualdo, Val Promaro and Piazzano.

In the latter locality, the teams stopped the advance of the flame front, avoiding the involvement of the inhabited centre, which had already been evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Over 800 hectares of forest have gone up in flames in these long and dramatic hours.

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Teams from the Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Massa Carrara, Grosseto, Siena and Arezzo commands and extra-regional reinforcements from the Turin, Cuneo, Varese, Cremona and Bologna commands are still operating in support of the local emergency services.

Currently, the work of the ground teams is concentrating on the Gualdo area, where a Canadair and a National Corps helicopter have been in the air since the early hours of the morning.

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