Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Thirty fires Lazio: flames also on the Monte Mario hill – BBC

“Rome burns”: a tweet – bounced throughout the day on social – that smacks of apocalypse Nero. After the fire broke out Monday in the Magliana area, which forced him to stop the train line to the airport keeping busy firefighters into the night, Tuesday morning, the Pineto Regional Park was hit. The flames, sprigionatesi around 11, have been tamed only to 20. Destroyed a large portion of the forested area, the Monte Mario hill to the Pineta Sacchetti. “A fire so devastating – the budget of the volunteer emergency Nucleus of Civil Protection – not seen since back in 1992″. The situation began to normalize only in the evening, after nine hours of super work for the fire department and the pilots of the bombers involved in fire fighting. Gradually restored roads in the surrounding streets to the wide area affected by the fire, which had been closed during the day.

Rays: “In constant contact with the local police,”

the mayor, Virginia Rays, was held in constant contact with the local police to monitor the situation. In particular, the first town has asked to be informed about conditions of a group of 94 elderly guests of a rest home, who were asked to leave as a precaution. The number two of the Senatorial Palace, Daniele Frongia, announced a visit in the evening at the Pineto Park along with the brigade commander, Diego Door.



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Fire on the Monte Mario hill

 

Residents urged to stay at home

A column of white smoke, visible from far and wide enough to tarnish partly also the view of the dome of St. Peter, was raised in the morning from the hill of Monte Mario, via Damiano Church (off limits for many hours) near the Pineta Sacchetti. The assumption is that the fire is arson. Residents took to the streets, driven by curiosity and eager to receive news, were asked to stay indoors and to put wet rags along the windows and doors: Do-it-yourself measures recommended to stop smoking and avoid breathing fumes harmful. Also activated a rescue service for animals, given the high percentage of strays in the area.

Affected between 30 to 50 hectares

According to an initial report of the State forestry Corps, in the fire were destroyed between 30 and 50 hectares of idle land, wood and reeds. The flames also lapped the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic. In addition to the facility for the elderly Roma 3 Via Gioacchino Ventura it was also evacuated a religious institute via Albergotti inhabited by 64 nuns. Twenty guests at the nursing home were greeted right at Gemelli. And two families living in some of Via Ettore Stampini palace all’Aurelio, have been forced to leave their homes: the flames were pushed too close to the buildings. In shutdown operations were committed several teams of firefighters, two helicopters and a Canadair of the Civil Protection. Involving, among others, an Army Chinook that made continuous shuttling between Monte Mario and the Tiber River to stock up on water. Recruited other aircraft to contain the spread of the fires, fueled by the sirocco wind blew unceasing Tuesday on capital. Via di Valle Aurelia, closed in the early afternoon between Via Pantaleone Rapino and Via Luigi Arbib Pascucci, has only been re-opened in the evening.

Roghi and closed roads from Colombo to Salaria, at Pietralata

another fire struck via Salaria, where the ramp to Fidene direction was closed center. They have taken place on the fire department. Circulation also stopped on a side part of Via Cristoforo Colombo, between Via and Via Acilia Pindar in the direction of Ostia. reduced viability, for the ‘umpteenth outbreak, Via del Ponte Pisano: impractical the stretch between Via della Pisana and via Portuense. In the trickle of fires raged from one end of the city was involved also a Pietralata segment, between Via Flora and Via dei Durantini, blocked in both directions and restored only at the end of the day. A fire, among other things, a large area in the Municipality of Porpoises, not far from the airport Leonardo Da Vinci: fortunately there were no consequences on the operation of flights. Late in the afternoon it went to fire even the vegetation of the surrounding countryside the Ostia Antica archaeological site: the high column of smoke was visible from Fiumicino and from Lido di Roma.

Also Flames around headquarters Aise

the flames that enveloped the Monte Mario hill are also propagated in neighboring Forte Braschi structure which houses the Aise, the information and external security agency. On-site it intervened a helicopter brigade Ciampino Flight of the fire department. There were fears that the building could be damaged, but the danger was cleared.

Eighteen fires only in the province of Rome

Other teams went into action to extinguish fires on the Aurelia, at km 38 and, in the province of Rome, in the woods of Mount Gennaro. And then again in Castelforte and Borgo Grappa in the province of Latina and in Giuliano di Roma in the province of Frosinone. For the region Lazio is a ‘critical situation is created because of the numerous fires broke out between forest, scrub and interface (the urban bands limits) in Rome and Lazio. The operating room coordinated permanent unified by the Lazio Region, where there were also firemen, the State Forestry Corps and Civil Protection of Rome Capital, announced that “in Lazio there were as many as 40 fires” (13 only in Rome): a day that all the forces in the field have not hesitated to describe as “dramatic”.

Flames close the Parco Leonardo

later in the morning a fire was also developed at the shopping center Parco Leonardo. Because of the flames it was necessary to close a section of Rome-Fiumicino between the airport and the junction of the Great Ring Road, where a column of smoke invaded the highway limiting visibility. Around 14 roads has been restored, but with reduced roadway between Gra and Fiumicino airport.

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Restored railway line between Maccarese and Cerveteri

Discomfort even on some regional rail lines. “It resumed at 15.05 the circulation between Maccarese-Fregene and Ladispoli-Cerveteri (the Roma – Grosseto) – so the update published on FSNews site – suspended from 12:55 for a fire near the platform. The trains have been delayed up to 110 minutes, while some trains were canceled or limited in the travel path and replaced by bus. ”

August 23, 2016 | 14:45

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