The deputy mayor of Cirò MarinaPietro Mercuri, The Volvito tourist village was revoked this morning where a large fire broke out yesterday afternoon that took the safety of hundreds of people in these days on vacation in the structure in serious danger. Overall 245 Tourists who today were able to return to their accommodations, with the exception of 4 housing units still inhibited due to risk -induced risk of branches and the presence of smoke.
The reliefs of the inspectors of the Fire Brigade, the Carabinieri of the Company of Cirò Marina and the Forestry Group that investigate a malicious fire hypothesis that would have been stuck in an area far from the tourist structure. The fire, according to the first reliefs also carried out with the use of a drone, by the experts of the forest carabinieri, would have been set at about 950 meters south of the tourist village. Then, fed by the wind that pushed it north and by dry vegetation, the fire crossed an olive grove, damaging many plants, and has reached the limit of the tourist structure.
Fortunately IThe fire penetrated only in the part in front of the swimming pool by burning dry leaves and pine needles fallen from the trees, but without damaging the plants. Smoking instead invaded everything by reaching, pushed by the wind, even the beach from where there was a general escape. As for the damage, from a structural point of view only an apartment had a burnt window, while the roof of the restaurant was seriously damaged which was the structure closest to the fire front.