Flames in Maddaloni : 12 fires are affecting Campania today . There are three main fire fronts: Mondragone , Sessa Aurunca and the Maddaloni valley , on the border with Caserta , where some homes have been evacuated and the Caserta - Maddaloni railway line has been interrupted.
The Campania Region Civil Protection Department is currently operating in the area with a total of three helicopters and two national Canadairs (two helicopters and a Canadair in Caserta-Maddaloni, and a Canadair and a helicopter in Mondragone). Volunteer teams have been dispatched to Sessa Aurunca, where a fire resurfaced this morning. Yesterday, the regional Civil Protection Department, with teams of volunteers and SMA Campania, had already put out the flames, also using helicopters.
Yesterday, in the Caserta area alone , more than 70 members of the regional AIB system were actively engaged in fighting forest fires. Another large fire has been raging for two days in the Monti Lattari area , where the regional Civil Protection has contained an initial front and is now responding to a new outbreak between Lettere and Angri with the assistance of a regional helicopter and volunteer teams.
In Taurano , in the province of Avellino , another large fire is raging, threatening the Mediterranean scrubland near Madonna dell'Arco with a 600-meter front. The director of firefighting operations for the regional Civil Protection Department , who is coordinating 10 men, has requested the assistance of a national team, which is already at work, along with a regional helicopter. Yesterday, the Campania Civil Protection Department extinguished 27 fires in the region.
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