Sharp rise in airborne firefighter calls

(ANSA) - Rome, July 31 - Civil protection airborne firefighters have taken off 418 times since June 15 this year, the civil protection department said Friday.
    This compares to 116 requests from regions in 2013 and 176 in 2014.
    In the southern Campania region, civil protection was called in 90 times this year, against five times in 2013 and once last year.
    In the central Lazio region, requests this year totaled 73 against three and two in 2013 and 2014 respectively.