Many small fires break out almost every day in Italy, especially in the south and the islands, as the country is hit by a heat wave

Two firefighters died today while working on a fire in southern Italy near the city of Matera, the fire service said in a post on platform X.

“This afternoon, during operations to extinguish a forest fire (…) two firefighters lost their lives. The circumstances under which the accident occurred have not yet been clarified,” the fire department announced, without further clarification.

Many small fires occur almost daily in Italy, especially in the south and the islands, as the country is hit by a heat wave.

On Tuesday, train services on the Rome-Naples railway line were suspended due to a fire that broke out a short distance from the Italian capital.