Remì e Alicudi

Saturday, August 14, 2010 Alicudi, still burning in the mountains. Committed a canadaier and a helicopter. Fears for hikers

Alicudi - 14 august 2010 -The tiny island of the Aeolian Islands from 22.30 yesterday afternoon continues to burn. the flames have spread behind Alicudi, west of the island and soon reached the top of the mountain until it reaches a score of houses of Germans and Swiss who for years have been transplanted in the uncontaminated rock Aeolian. Among the villagers there have been moments of panic and fear. There are also fears that the flames were able to get some tourists hikers after climbing the mountain instead of returning to the country, prefer to sleep outside. The damage is considerable. At least twenty hectares of Mediterranean scrub were reduced to ashes. Also destroyed trees and vegetable gardens. Nottuna mobilization for the Coast Guard under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Donato, for the fire department and the forest led by Marshal Carmelo Dieli. The Cp with the patrol moved firefighters and forestry. At dawn, also reached a Canadair Civil Protection of the forest and a helicopter from six in the morning continue to 'bomb' by spraying sea water most 'higher and' impervious to Alicudi that continues to be in flames inetressata . Also rallied islanders and vacationers along with law enforcement to 'peer' The most 'popular with hikers. Until now, however, the searches were negative.

09:07 written by : leonedilipari in notizie

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NOTE: Some information about fires........

The main environmental damage caused by fires are:


- Soil degradation
- loss of biodiversity
- ecological degradation
- loss of timber production and non-wood
- hydrogeological disorder
- climate change due to emissions of carbon dioxide
- pollution from fumes
- the destruction of fauna


 The fire, therefore, generate a real alarm as environmental surfaces destroy trees that provide not only wood products and soil protection, but also high resources and substantial reserves of biodiversity, landscapes and history priceless.



 Source: State Forestry