Flights to and from Florence airport
were suspended on Tuesday because of smoke from a big wildfire
in the nearby towns of Lastra and Signa, Tuscany Governor
Eugenio Giani said via Telegram.
The governor said a big team has been dispatched to fight the
fire.
Italy looks set to record a record number of wildfires this
year.
The severe drought Italy is enduring and a series of heat waves
have created conditions that make it easier for fires to spread
fast.
For example, Italian firefighters conducted 32,921 operations to
combat blazes involving forests and vegetation between June 15
and July 21, 4,040 more than in the same period last year,
according to data released on Friday.
Drought and heat waves are among the extreme weather events that
scientists say are becoming more frequent and more intense due
to climate change caused by human activity.
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