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Vesuvius Wildfire Persists as Italy Keeps National Mobilization Active

Experts warn that without vegetation to secure the slopes, Vesuvius faces heightened risks of landslides and floods.

Overview

  • Since August 8 the blaze has consumed roughly 500 hectares along a three-kilometer front and remains uncontained as of August 10.
  • On August 9 Minister Nello Musumeci decreed an extraordinary civil protection mobilization, dispatching six Canadairs, four regional helicopters and over 100 ground personnel.
  • No evacuations have been ordered but the town of Terzigno remains on high alert after flames threatened its outskirts.
  • Prosecutors in Nola and Torre Annunziata have opened arson investigations over suspected deliberate ignition linked to land reclamation profits.
  • A separate 2.5-hectare wildfire at Argentario near Porto Ercole has been extinguished, underscoring Italy’s broader summer fire threat.