Overview

• President of Campania Vincenzo De Luca requested activation of an extraordinary national civil protection mobilization to deploy 16 additional anti-fire modules.
• A permanent coordination table at the Prefecture of Naples now directs efforts by regional and national civil protection, fire services, army units and local volunteers.
• Ten aerial assets, comprising six state Canadairs and four regional helicopters, are operating with army water tankers and engineers building access roads and patrolling fire-prone routes.
• Unfavorable heat wave conditions issued by the Regional Functional Centre are hampering containment on multiple fronts across Terzigno, Boscotrecase and Ottaviano.
• Local officials report no evacuations so far, maintaining continuous monitoring of homes and roads as investigators probe a possible deliberate ignition.