Overview
- The fire broke out early on Sunday in a bungalow at the Bella Italia campsite in Peschiera del Garda and spread rapidly through rows of wooden mobile homes and bungalows.
- Emergency crews treated or transported 24 people to hospital, including one guest with severe burns who is in critical condition.
- Firefighters faced repeated explosions of gas bottles and burning vehicles that complicated suppression efforts before the blaze was brought under control.
- Four professional firefighters from Dietzenbach who were on holiday at the site helped evacuate guests and fight the flames before local crews arrived.
- Roughly twenty mobile homes and bungalows were destroyed and authorities are conducting damage assessments and safety checks while police investigate the cause.