Many tourists flee for forest fires Sicily

Due to forest fires in the extreme northwest of Sicily, nine hundred people were to be evacuated by a tourist village on the coast, Calampiso, on Wednesday.

It is very hot with temperatures of 35 to 37 degrees and the last days are reported on many places on the island. Firefighters and other emergency services have not been called for help in the past ten years, because of fire.

Italian media reported that 'Sicily is on fire' with fireplaces in 125 different places.