Firefighter dies in Sicily battling one of many wildfires burning in Italy

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 23 - A 59-year-old firefighter, Alessandro Marchì, died on Wednesday after having a bad turn while battling a huge blaze in the area of San Cataldo, near to the Sicilian city of Caltanissetta. Sicily is the region being hit hardest by a series of wildfires that are burning through swathes of forest and areas of vegetation all over the country, which is in the tail end of its third major heatwave of the year. Over 100 people had to be evacuated from their homes as a precauti...

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