(ANSA) - REGGIO CALABRIA, AUGUST 10 - The Prefecture of ReggioCalabria has requested and obtained the intervention of the Army to compete in the ongoing activities to tame the fires in various areas of the province.
This was announced by the same Prefecture, adding that "representatives of the Army will participate in an operational meeting already in the morning of tomorrow".
"The Operations Room for monitoring and connecting the various components of the civil protection system, committed to dealing with the emergency fires that stain affecting the metropolitan area of Reggio, continues to be active in the Prefecture. Criticalities still persist in the municipalities of Roccaforte del Greco. , Roghudi, Bagaladi and Cardeto, where they have been engaged for more than half-air days. The situation in the 'Valleinfernale' area of the municipality of San Luca is particularly delicate, with a high risk of involving a prestigious beech forest, Unesco heritage ".
"Other intense outbreaks - still reports the Prefecture - persist in the territories of Novigrad and Careri and numerous are the reports that continue to arrive. All the fire brigade teams of the Provincial Command are currently employed, strengthened with additional personnel also coming from other regions, as well as of the Calabria Verde Company, to which, in accordance with current regional legislation, the activities of prevention and fight against forest fires are entrusted, as well as the voluntary civil protection associations of the province ".
"In consideration of the situation that continues to be registered - it is also said in the press release - the Prefecture has put in place awareness-raising measures for the bodies in charge (Regional Operations Room and Air-Unified Operations Center of the National Civil Protection Department), which have made additional air vehicles available, with particular reference to the municipality of San Luca ". (HANDLE).