Two more fires break out in Terra dei Fuochi

(ANSA) - Naples, July 2 - Two more big fires broke out Thursday in the so-called Terra dei Fuochi (Land of Fires) in the Campania region around Naples which has been dogged with mafia-related waste fires over the last few years.
    One blaze started near a Roma camp outside Gugliano - the 10th such fire in a week.
    Another fire broke out outside Cuma.
    A local activist, Lucia De Cicco, said: "The situation is untenable, because not a day passes without an incident of this kind".
    In 2014 firefighters were called to put out 2,531 blazes in illegal toxic waste dumps in the Land of Fires.
    This was down from the number of episodes recorded in 2013 and in 2012, when firefighters intervened 3,984 times.
    Efforts have been made to monitor and clamp down on environmental damage caused by the powerful Naples-based Camorra mafia.
    The local mob, whose activities have been detailed by writer Roberto Saviano, has deeply infiltrated the rubbish collection industry.
    It has raked in huge profits even as its illegal dumps and uncontrolled burning of waste and other toxic materials have been blamed for unusually high levels of cancer and other diseases linked to pollution.