DistantNews
Support us
🇮🇹 Italy /Disasters & Emergencies

Mayor warns: ‘Taormina is burning, the situation is truly tragic’

From ANSA · () Italian

Translated from Italian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Ongoing story
  • A fire is burning in Taormina’s Zappulla district and has spread toward a rockfall-protection tunnel on the main road from the A18 motorway.
  • The blaze threatens homes, and authorities have closed access to some roads near the Cappuccini Arch.
  • Mayor Cateno De Luca said the fire appears to be deliberate; firefighters, local police and an aircraft are responding.

A fire in Taormina’s Zappulla district has reached the area near a retirement home and spread toward the first rockfall-protection tunnel on Via Garipoli, the main access route from the A18 motorway to the Sicilian resort.

The flames are threatening several homes. Access to some roads has been blocked from the Cappuccini Arch, while firefighters and local police are at the scene.

Taormina is burning. In the Zappulla district, the situation is truly tragic.

— Cateno De LucaThe mayor described the fire’s impact in a Facebook post.

Mayor Cateno De Luca described the situation on Facebook as “Taormina is burning. In the Zappulla district, the situation is truly tragic.” A firefighters’ helicopter has arrived, and authorities are awaiting a Canadair aircraft.

De Luca, who is also a regional deputy for Sud chiama Nord, said the fire “appears to all intents and purposes to have been deliberately started.”

It appears to all intents and purposes to have been deliberately started.

— Cateno De LucaThe mayor gave his assessment of the suspected cause of the fire.
About this summary

Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog