Land of fires: update

05/08/14

The operational activity of the army in the "Land of Fires" has registered, in recent weeks, further important results in the fight against environmental crimes.

In fact, numerous new illegal spill sites have been identified, mostly toxic waste (ethernit and waste oils) and special (plastic material, tires and household appliances), concentrated mainly in the peripheral areas of Caserta, Maddaloni and Palma Campania. These sites have been surveyed on the Prometheus system and reported, through the police, to the competent judicial authority and to the local administrations for the reclamation.

Also in the fight against fires there are interventions in the provinces of Naples and Caserta, including five large fires that were controlled by military patrols and turned off by firefighters before any toxic substances were propagated, but above all before the flames could involve private property, staff and high-traffic streets with consequences on traffic.

The men and women employed in the patrols in the "Land of Fires", currently of the 4 wagon regiment of Persano (SA), placed under the command of the 10 ° regiment engineering genius of Cremona, responsible for the "Campania" grouping in the ambit of "Safe Roads" operation, continue to receive collaboration from the local population, a factor determined to obtain the results recorded so far.

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces