A violent fire broke out in the afternoon upstream and of the highway 106 north of Cirò Marina. Smoking and fire forced to evacuate a residential tourist village. For a few hours, the Ionian state road was closed in both directions. The very high flames, fed by the heat and the wind, have spread to Madonna di Mare and reached the coastal residential complex of the Volvito village.
108 people among vacationers and tourists housed in the apartments, were forced to evacuate; To assist them, at the meeting point identified on the promontory of Madonna di Mare, the teams of volunteers of the Civil Protection of Cirò, Cirò Marina and Strongoli. Men of the firefighters, carabinieri, traffic police and Anas arrived on the spot who have been engaged for a long time to circumscribe the fire; To support, from the sky, after a helicopter of the firefighters, a Civil Protection Canadair also arrived.
The flames devastated the Mediterranean scrub and the Boschiva area and also attacked some structures of the Volvito tourist residence, which was evacuated. The displaced people will be hosted for the night in the Cirò Marina sports hall which was set up by the Civil Protection.