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Headline: Italian Firefighters Battle Wildfires Near Sicilian City Of Messina
Caption: **RAW VIDEO** These images and this video footage show Italian firefighters battling wildfires near Messina, Sicily, in the early hours of Tuesday morning (25July2023). Officials from the Italian fire brigade, the Vigili del Fuoco, said in a statement: “Forest fires, firefighters engaged throughout the night in Messina, Curcuraci and Tono, where some houses were evacuated as a precaution, and in the hamlet of Faro Superiore. Eight crews at work, firefighting operations in progress.” Southern Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave this July - with a number of Greek islands and parts of Sicily hard hit by resulting wildfires. Scientists have blamed the sweltering temperatures on climate change, stating that global warming means similar heatwaves are becoming a more regular occurrence.
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