Italy: Efforts to extinguish wildfire in Italy’s Lecco province continue.

RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “VIGILI DEL FUOCO” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— SHOTLIST: LECCO, ITALY (AUG. 5, 2026) (VIGILI DEL FUOCO - RESTRICTED) 1. FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT FLYING, MOVING ON WATER / SMOKE RISIN IN DISTANCELECCO, ITALY - AUG. 5, 2026 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “VIGILI DEL FUOCO” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— The Italian Fire Brigade, Vigili del Fuoco, reported that efforts to tackle a forest fire in the Valmadrera area of Lecco province are ongoing on Wednesday, Aug. 5. A Canadair firefighting aircraft is also assisting the operations, it added. Wildfires destroy thousands of hectares of forest and Mediterranean vegetation in Italy each year, killing wildlife and depriving surviving animals of food, water and shelter.