Overview

• The fire front has stabilized at about three kilometers and crews report improved containment while active flames persist.
• Bonifica teams and army engineers are conducting extensive hotspot mopping across some 500 hectares of burned vegetation.
• Authorities have ruled out evacuations as the blaze remains distant from populated areas including Terzigno, Ottaviano and Pompeii.
• Prosecutors in Nola have opened an investigation and deployed a specialized Carabinieri Forestali task force to collect evidence on the fire’s unknown origin.
• Ecological experts warn that the loss of vegetation increases landslide and flood risks and local farmers face heavy damage to Vesuvius’s vineyards and orchards.