The Fisvius Mountain in Italy closes a famous tourist destination, on the wild fires

On Sunday, Italian firefighters and the army dealt with a fire in the wings Mount VizovWith all long -distance walking ways over the volcano near Napoli closed for tourists.

The National Fire Service said that it has 12 teams on the ground and six Kanadair aircraft fighting the fire, which has tore the national park in southern Italy since Friday. The garden where a Volcanic eruption Burial Pompe In 79 AD it is a major tourist destination.

“Fire fighting continues without stopping on three fronts,” Campania said in a statement.

The authorities said that the fires are largely on the slopes Somma Mountain Vesuvius side, which is characterized by dense plants.

The area and the firefighting service said that the army had created a fire break and the firefighters were brought in reinforcement from other areas of Italy, while the teams used drones to better monitor the spread of the fire.

The smoke resulting from the fire can be seen from the archaeological site of Pompei, which was buried by the Vizov eruption during the Roman era. However, the site remained open to tourists.

The garden head, Rafele de Luca, said that the affected area covers about 500 hectares, or more than 1235 acres.

“For safety reasons and facilitating firefighting and cleaning operations in affected areas, all activities are suspended along the National Vizovis Lark Trail network until further notice,” the park said in a statement on Saturday.

Nearly 620,000 people visited the active volcano hole in 2024, according to the garden.

Experts say that European countries have become more vulnerable to forest fires because of Summer heat intensification Fundamental for global warming. It was parts of the continent More June registered In modern history.

Samantha Burgis of the European Center for Medium Range Weather said that abnormal hot weather exposes millions of Europeans to high thermal pressure with more typical temperatures in June in July and August.

Last week, France fought what the authorities described as the largest fire in the country for decades. The Associated Press reported that about 1,400 firefighters were deployed on Saturday in the southern Opp area in France to prevent it from reference. High temperatures are expected to hold the efforts of firefighters.

On Mount Vezovos, “Fire fight efforts are especially sensitive due to both weather conditions – high temperatures and winds – and pine needles, which contribute to the spread of fire,” said Eit Eito Julbo, head of the civil protection department in the region.

Kolierte, the largest agricultural association in Italy, said the fires were a “huge disaster” for vineyard and farms in an area well known for wine, apricots and tomatoes.

The local prosecutors office opened an investigation into the origin of the fires.