Fires increase compared to 2024. Sardinia among the most affected regions.
Firefighters: "Since June, nearly 68,000 fires have been called out in Italy." Over three thousand hectares of land have gone up in smoke on the island.(Handle)
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According to data provided by the fire brigade, from June 15 to October 10, 2025, 67,393 interventions were carried out nationwide by 115 teams for forest fires and vegetation fires in general: 11,068 more than the same period last year.
In the last week, 1,411 fires were carried out by the National Fire Brigade teams. The highest number of fires was recorded in Sicily, where the firefighters carried out 304 interventions. The other regions most affected by fires were Calabria (247), Sardinia (169) and Campania (147).
According to ISPRA estimates , over three thousand hectares of land have been burned on the island, half of which is agricultural land. On a provincial basis, the largest areas affected by fires are found in Southern Sardinia (356 hectares), Sassari (233) and Nuoro (122).
(Unioneonline)