Benevento: fire in a warehouse in Valle Caudina, smoke up to Naples and Caserta

2021-10-13T18:28:15.318Z

A black cloud now envelops a large part of the Caudina Valley and the dense and toxic smoke has also arrived in the Neapolitan area and in the Caserta area and is creating inconvenience even near the Capodichino airport. The fire that broke out in the early afternoon inside the Sepa plant in the Airola industrial center is still ongoing. Strong explosions are heard and the flames have now enveloped the whole company. Pallets of wood and plastic burned. The air is unbreathable and the mayors of the municipalities of Caudini, both on the Samnite side and on the Irpinia side, have issued warning notices for the population inviting everyone to close themselves at home, not to go out and keep the windows closed. But in the area of ​​the fire there are civilian houses and fear has taken over,many are leaving the buildings near the plant, seeking shelter even outside the area. Several fire brigade teams from the provincial command of Benevento are working on the spot, but reinforcements are also expected from other provinces. The Deputy Mayor of Airola was also on site. Michele Napoletano, who does not hesitate to define the situation as "dramatic". It is not yet possible to establish what triggered the fire. It will be necessary to wait for the flames to be extinguished to begin to acquire the elements useful to reconstruct what happened. There would be no injuries because the fire broke out in an area of ​​the company used as a warehouse and all the workers at work were immediately removed. Air quality The councilor of the Campania Region, Emilio Borrelli of Europa Verde: "We immediately asked Arpac to carry out the necessary analyzes. We wonder how it is possible to have such a frequent number of fires in companies and industrial warehouses in the Campania region. Not a month goes by without a disaster. Yet they should be equipped with modern and highly effective fire-fighting systems. "Schools and closed windows Schools closed tomorrow in Airola (Benevento) following the vast fire that broke out in the last few hours in the industrial area of ​​the Campania municipality. The Municipality of Airola invited the citizens to close their windows and not to leave their homes. The municipal administration of Santa Maria a Vico (Caserta) also invited citizens to close their windows and shelter pets,while the nearby municipality of Roccarainola strongly advises residents not to leave their homes.