The island is gripped by fire: fires are more frequent than in the past. But the resources are there, and so are the men.

And the firefighting system, at least judging by the numbers, seems to have managed to patch things up: "There were many incidents in June, some of them quite significant," says Gianluca Cocco, commander of the Forestry Corps, "but I'd say the entire firefighting organization is holding up well to the impact of this early season, perhaps the hottest since climate records began."

The wind-driven fire caused widespread damage across the island yesterday and, even more so, the day before. This damage was contained thanks to the prompt response of the fire-fighting apparatus . The arrival of the mistral wind was enough to turn the red light back on on one apparatus, the fire-fighting apparatus, which, despite the strains of late June, appears to have held up.

From the beginning of January to Tuesday, July 7, there were 857 fires: 4,441 hectares burned, 926 hectares of woodland destroyed, and 3,515 hectares of pasture or uncultivated land burned. This represents a 10% increase compared to last year, when Sicily and Calabria were the hardest hit regions.

Since the beginning of the month, however, there have been 131 fires, five more than last year considering the same period. In June, there were 613: a lot, and some serious, especially when compared to 2024, when there were 158 fewer. Compared to 2023, there were a whopping 397 more.

The full article by Lorenzo Piras in L'Unione Sarda, on newsstands today and on the Digital App.

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