Fire threatens an olive grove in Ricadi: firefighters intervene

John

By John

A fire developed in the early afternoon of today, September 4, in the territory of the Municipality of Ricadi Fraction Ciaramiti with the interest of Mediterranean scrub and an olive grove. The firefighters of the detachment of Ricadi intervened on the spot which, given the size of the fire, requested the intervention of the DOS (Director of the shutdown operations) of the Fire Brigade for the activation of the air support. After checking the conditions of the fire, the DOS VVF required air support to the permanent unified operating room (Soup) which authorized the intervention of a helicopter of the regional fleet. The helicopter reached the location of the fire at around 16:50 and made 30 launches of water along the fire front. The intervention allowed the extinction of the fire preventing its propagation to a nearby olive grove. The extinguishing and reclamation operations of the outbreaks were completed at around 19:00. About 2 hectares of Mediterranean scrub have been destroyed.