(ANSA) – MASSAROSA (LUCCA), 20 JUL – 500 people evacuated as a precaution following the forest fire that broke out two days ago on the hills of Massarosa in Versilia (Lucca) and then extended to the territory of Camaiore. The firefighters explain it. A provisional estimate, disseminated by the Region, on the burned area then speaks of 560 hectares, mainly of woods and partly of olive groves, which went up in flames.
The Region also explains that “at the moment the fire is not yet to be considered under control and the front is broken into several scattered outbreaks”. The lot of smoke “does not facilitate the release of the 4 helicopters and 3 Canadair present at the moment, to which a fourth will be added at 9.30. The work on the ground in which the 25 volunteer firefighting teams and forestry workers are involved are very hard. when they are switched off, they must take care of making detachments with manual tools and chainsaws, making the parts safe “. A hundred instead of the firefighters who worked in the night and whose work continues. For the teams on the ground, always last night, there were, as explained by the firefighters, also “some critical situations” due “to the variation of wind, poor visibility and inaccessible areas”. Precisely because of the wind, during the night the flame fronts strengthened and changed direction, reaching the inhabited areas of Miglianello, Pieve a Elici, Montigiano, also involving the settlements located at the bottom of the valley of via di Roncò, via Acquachiara and via Chicken of the Dead. The Fibbialla front is also still active this morning, for which the mayor of Camaiore has ordered the evacuation. There were then several explosions of LPG tanks. On the other hand, the Lucca-Viareggio motorway link road connecting the A11 with the A12 has been reopened. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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