You call around Palermo, the mayor of Altofonte: “Abandon the houses”

The flames entered the Altofonte village: the fire front, more than two kilometers long, engulfed the first houses in the highest part of the municipality, ten kilometers from Palermo. More than half of the inhabitants have been evacuated and they expect the canadair and forestry helicopters to be operational in a few hours, at 6 o’clock to be precise, there are four teams plus three tanker trucks from the Palermo firefighters who are trying to contain the fire, which broke out around 10 pm, teams and tanker trucks arrive from Enna, Agrigento and Caltanissetta in support of the firefighters of the Palermo provincial command.

The order to evacuate the neighbors closest to the line of fire was given by Mayor Angela De Luca. The civil protection volunteers, the carabinieri police station and the municipal police are making sure that all the inhabitants stay away from the fire, which continues to advance thanks also to the dry and hot wind that blows.

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Firefighters have already been able to confirm that the fire is arson and that there are at least five places where it broke out simultaneously. “The situation is very serious, all the citizens living under the forest, including the Campo Vecchio area, Cozzo di Castro, Corso Piano Renda, must move – Mayor De Luca wrote in her appeal via Facebook around midnight – Flames and incandescent ashes can also start fires in the inhabited center. Stay away from your houses. Go down to the village valley. Immediately. “

Altofonte is the most important fire, but firefighters are also involved in other fires in several towns in the province: Carini, Termini Imerese, Sciara, Polizzi Generosa and Santa Cristina Gela. There was also a fire in Monte Pellegrino. In that case, the aerial vehicles intervened.

Even the councilor of the territory Toto Cordaro in social networks launches an appeal to the citizens of Altofonte. “I want to recommend, in these dramatic hours, to the citizens of Altofonte that they listen to the indications of the men of the forestry corps and the firefighters working at this time. Some houses have been evacuated and all available men and all the media are committed to the fire front. We are doing everything possible and even more. We hope well ”.