Authorities evacuate homes near Palermo as temperatures top 40°C, dozens of fires erupt across Sicily - Anadolu Ajansı ...

On July 24, 2025, wildfires continued burning near Palermo, Sicily, amid extreme European heat. Fire crews have battled the ...

Wildfires continued to rage across Sicily on Friday, July 25, amid record-breaking heatwaves, causing devastating damage in ...

The deadly wildfires raging in Sicily in July put the effects of climate change on tourism into high relief, as thousands struggled to flee the island while firefighters took on what they ...

The heat is priming the landscape for fires, which have already claimed at least one life. Of the four fatalities from wildfires, an 88-year-old woman died outside Palermo, Sicily, a government ...

There have been fires elsewhere on Sicily, near the city of Messina, and in the San Martino delle Scale area near Palermo, where Ansa said an 88-year-old woman had died in the fires. About 19,000 ...

How is travel affected? The airport at Palermo, Sicily’s capital, was closed on Tuesday 25 July as the wildfires sparked massive blazes to spread.

Firefighters have been battling wildfires in northern Sicily for more than forty-eight hours. 800 firefighters are on duty, 300 of whom are concentrating on extinguishing fires in the provinces of ...