Major Sicily airport shuts due to huge wildfire

A hearth broke out early Tuesday on the Italian island of Sicily close to Palermo’s airport, forcing it to quickly shut down.

The blaze, which began above the city of Cinisi, reached the sting of the Falcone Borsellino Airport, forcing authorities to halt all air visitors till 11 a.m., the airport announced on social media, as photos from the scene confirmed hovering flames close to the airport perimeter.

Sicily has confronted scorching temperatures, amid a strong warmth wave that has impacted a lot of Southern Europe. On the Italian island, the mercury reached 47.6C on Monday in Catania on the east coast, in accordance to Italian newswire Ansa.

The scorching warmth threatening lives and fueling wildfires this summer time would have been “virtually impossible” with out man-made international warming, scientists said on Tuesday.