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11 August 2020A Lampedusa van burned down from the Nova Facility, the Treviso company that manages the hotspot. The vehicle is used to transfer migrants from the port to the center of the Imbriacola district. The timely intervention of the Fire Brigade prevented the fire from spreading to the trailers parked near the van.   

The fire occurred at dawn. The first to have noticed the flames were the Fire Brigade who station and carry out a prevention service at the entrance to the reception center. They investigate the Carabinieri.

80 people in 5 landings in the night
From midnight to dawn, five small boats arrived with a total of 80 people on board, almost all Tunisians and a dozen Libyans. Yesterday, in less than 12 hours, another 4 landings of 44 Tunisians were registered.   

Even the five small groups that arrived in the last few hours were taken to the hotspot in the Imbriacola district where there were just under 320 presences with a maximum availability of 192 seats.