Fire around Palermo airport, airport closed and reopened

Palermo airport was closed to traffic and then reopened at 11 this morning due to a fire that broke out in the mountains around the airport.

The firefighters are working to extinguish the flames, 8 flights canceled since the early hours of the day.

Fires are also recorded around the section of the Palermo-Mazara Del Vallo motorway, with the Villagrazia Carini and Cinisi junctions closed.

Problems then in the Cervello hospital area, the extinguishing operations began during the night, for now the evacuation of the structure has not been ordered, the activity continues and the situation would be under control.

In the morning also the macabre discovery by the Carabinieri of two charred bodies in a small house in Cinisi, not far from the airport. Two charred bodies were found in a small house in Cinisi not far from the airport. They are victims of the fire that has been devouring the area for hours. The bodies have not yet been identified but according to the first updates it would be two elderly people, who would be around 77 and 75 years old. Also in the Palermo area, an 88-year-old died at home. Since yesterday with a high fever, the firefighters have not been able to reach his home in San Martino delle Scale.

(Unioneonline/ss)