1,000 hectares burned as Mt Barone wildfire enters ninth day

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 12 - Around 1,000 hectares of forest have gone up in smoke due to a wildfire that has been raging for nine days on Monte Barone, a mountain in the Alps near Biella. The flames were spreading downhill on Wednesday and there was concern for the Monte Barone mountain shelter, which was surrounded by the blaze and may have sustained damage. The fire has a front spanning nine kilometres. "We are closely monitoring the forest fire raging on Monte Barone, in the province of Biella...

By ANSA