The Italian Army has been deployed to help fight the wildfires that continue to burn across Abruzzo, with high temperatures, shifting winds and difficult terrain hampering efforts to bring the flames under control.
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Civil protection investigators found cats with flammable rags tied to their tails released into vegetation to start blazes, prompting criminal complaints and calls for a thorough investigation.
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On Wednesday, the fire brigade ordered the evacuation of a campsite and holiday village near San Felice Bay, close to Vieste in Puglia due to wildfires.
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The extreme weather with a heatwave in southern Italy, and the storms in northern Italy have claimed five lives in the past two days. Wildfires rage in Sicily with Palermo almost isolated by the flames.
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An elderly man died in Calabria as wildfires caused his house to cave in. The night of the 10th/11th August was the worst so far for fires.
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Compared to the yearly average, the number of large wildfires in Italy is estimated to have tripled. Central and southern regions suffer millions of euros of damage to the environment and economy.
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Abruzzo was the latest region to be hit by destructive wild fires. Beachgoers were evacuated from a beach in Pescara as columns of black smoke rose in the sky.
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Wildfires have reached the town of Catania with people evacuated from their homes and the local airport temporarily shut down.
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Wildfires have been raging on the island of Sardinia over the weekend. Around 1,500 are unable to access their homes. 20,000 hectares of vegetation destroyed.
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