Strong wind and fallen trees, 110 Vvf interventions in Tuscany

(ANSA) – FLORENCE, 08 JUL – There are about 110 interventions carried out by the firefighters following the meteorological disturbance last night, which affected some provinces of Tuscany. Many reports have been received by the operating rooms of the Florence, Prato, Arezzo and Siena commands, especially for damage caused by strong winds, such as the removal of fallen trees or branches.

In the Aretino area, in the municipality of Bibbiena in the locality of La Nave, bad weather has torn some stones from a border wall along a roadway. In the same territory, according to what is known, a strong hailstorm was recorded. Trees uprooted by the wind in the Cortona area where some houses would have remained without light. Fire brigade intervention on regional road 69 Figline Valdarno, on the Bettolle – Perugia motorway junction, due to fallen trees. In the hamlet of Meleto Valdarno, in the Municipality of Cavriglia (Arezzo), a tree fell on some cars parked in the street.

The command of the Prato fire brigade was involved in numerous interventions for the removal of branches and unsafe objects and also for a fire in a package, in via Rossini in Prato, where the fire damaged some sewing machines and affected the electrical system. The firefighters report that 41 interventions were carried out by the command of Florence, 25 by that of Siena, 30 by the command of Arezzo and 14 interventions from Prato. The Civil Protection reports that last night in Florence many lightning strikes and the strong gusts reached a maximum speed of 61.9 km / h. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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