Fires, the wound on Mount Inici: 130 hectares of Mediterranean scrub in smoke
The fire in Castellammare del Golfo, in the province of Trapani, was put out after 24 hours
PALERMO – A new wound for the naturalistic heritage of Castellammare del Golfo: the fire that had been attacking Mount Inici for 24 hours, in the territory of the Trapani town, has been put out but the damage is heavy: approximately 130 hectares of Mediterranean scrub and pine and holm oak trees went up in smoke.
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE FLAMES
The mayor of Castellammare del Golfo, Giuseppe Fausto, draws the balance at the end of an emergency that kept everyone in suspense. The flames, which had been put out for the first time, then regained strength strong> in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday to the point of requiring a new intervention by air vehicles.
CANADAIR AND HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT
The fire broke out on the morning of May 7th from the Gagliardetta-Piano Principe district, affecting two fronts: one towards the Firriato area and the other at Vaccheria, in the southern part of the mountain overlooking Castellammare del Golfo. After around nine hours of fire, the fire was put out around 8.15pm, with the intervention of two Canadair aircraft, but around midnight, due to the wind, the fire started again in the impervious mountain where only aerial vehicles can try to put out the flames.
THE “THANK YOU” FROM THE MAYOR OF CASTELLAMMARE
At dawn the first interventions by two helicopters and two Canadairs definitively put out the fire. Fausto thanks “those who spent the whole day yesterday and tonight on Mount Inici safeguarding public safety. Thanks to the forest rangers, the fire brigade teams of Alcamo, Salemi and Trapani – he adds – and to the association of civil protection Fire Rescue. After the very serious one on March 9th, this is yet another injury to our natural heritage”.