There were about 50 interventions carried out by the firefighters of the command of Vibo Valentia In the 24 hours from 8 on July 25 to 8 on 26 July.
Favored by high temperatures, the fires developed on the territories of the municipalities of the coastal strip. In particular the territory of Joppolo It was involved, from the early hours of the morning, by a large fire, still not extinct, on which a command team operated, an AIB team of Calabria Verde, a DOS VV.F (Director of shutdown operations) and a VVF helicopter alongside for a certain period from a further helicopter of the regional fleet that overall carried out about 100 launches. Although the considerable effort made had to evacuate, in Coccorino locality, some houses belonging to a residence occupied by three families for a total of ten people. The eviction activities were carried out with the collaboration of the carabinieri of the local station.
Also the Municipality He was affected by several fires that requested the intervention of the Fire Brigade of the Command, of particular relevance the fire that developed in loc. Olivarella and via Giovanni XXIII, via Elsa Morante-via Sibilla Aleramo (behind kindergarten) loc. Silica, loc. Madonnella, Viale della Pace, Contrada Cocari, Piscopio sports field, road to Triparni. In some of the interventions above, the propagation of the fire was favored by the presence of uncultivated soils rich in dry spontaneous vegetation. In the municipality of Nicotera, a fire has affected the pine forest in the Marina also in this case, for precautionary purposes and due to the presence of considerable smoke, some tourist villages/residences were temporarily evacuated. In the evening a fire developed in the municipality of Ricadi, Loc. Bianco Bianco, due to the impervious soil that made the shutdown operations difficult it was necessary to evacuate the occupants of a hotel and some houses. Further interventions were carried out in the municipality of Drapia Fraz. Gasponi, Limbadi Fraz. Motta Filocastro, road prov. Pizzo-Maeno with fires that have different homes.