01:34A forest fire raged on the Camaldoli Hill outside Naples on Wednesday and Thursday as emergency services struggled to extinguish the blaze.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows fires burning vegetation on a hill, with fire engines on the scene. Firefighting aircraft can be seen trying to extinguish the flames as thick smoke rises into the sky.
According to media reports, the fire spread rapidly, fanned by the wind, causing alarm among the local population.
It is also reported that around 100 personnel from the Campania Regional Civil Protection Service, volunteers trained in fighting forest fires and employees of SMA Campania were called in to help with the operation.
The hill is the highest in the Naples area, reaching a peak of 457 metres above sea level.
Wildfires engulf Camaldoli hill near Italy's Naples, rescue efforts intensify
A forest fire raged on the Camaldoli Hill outside Naples on Wednesday and Thursday as emergency services struggled to extinguish the blaze.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows fires burning vegetation on a hill, with fire engines on the scene. Firefighting aircraft can be seen trying to extinguish the flames as thick smoke rises into the sky.
According to media reports, the fire spread rapidly, fanned by the wind, causing alarm among the local population.
It is also reported that around 100 personnel from the Campania Regional Civil Protection Service, volunteers trained in fighting forest fires and employees of SMA Campania were called in to help with the operation.
The hill is the highest in the Naples area, reaching a peak of 457 metres above sea level.
A forest fire raged on the Camaldoli Hill outside Naples on Wednesday and Thursday as emergency services struggled to extinguish the blaze.
Footage filmed on Thursday shows fires burning vegetation on a hill, with fire engines on the scene. Firefighting aircraft can be seen trying to extinguish the flames as thick smoke rises into the sky.
According to media reports, the fire spread rapidly, fanned by the wind, causing alarm among the local population.
It is also reported that around 100 personnel from the Campania Regional Civil Protection Service, volunteers trained in fighting forest fires and employees of SMA Campania were called in to help with the operation.
The hill is the highest in the Naples area, reaching a peak of 457 metres above sea level.