Wildfire rages in Taormina, flames threaten homes

A wildfire is raging in Taormina, and flames are threatening homes in an outlying district of the Sicilian city. The fire has hit the Zappulla neighborhood of the famed tourist resort. The flames spread from the area near a nursing home and continued to the first rockfall tunnel on Via Garipoli, the main access road from the A18 to the Pearl of the Ionian Sea. The blaze is threatening several homes. Access to some roads in the area has been blocked, starting from the Arco dei Cappuccini. Firefighters and local police are on scene. Mayor said Taormina was burning, and the situation was truly tragic', adding that it looks like the fire was started deliberately' 'Taormina is burning. In the Zappulla district, the situation is truly tragic. The firefighters' helicopter has arrived. We are wait