Overview

• Flames have advanced to Punta Molentis beach, surrounding about 200 vehicles and leaving bathers with few escape routes.
• Two fire teams from San Vito and Castiadas are fighting the blaze on land while specialist nautical units with boats and divers stand ready for maritime evacuations.
• An aerial response featuring a fire brigade helicopter and two Canadair water-bombers is supplementing ground crews under regional coordination.
• Gusty mistral winds are intensifying the fire’s spread and complicating both containment and civilian evacuations.
• Environmentalists report that the flames have destroyed a prized coastal ecosystem, calling the area a lost “environmental jewel.”