(from the correspondent Elvira Terranova) – Francesca Raciti wanders at a slow pace among the rubble. “See? Here where we are now there was a huge wooden gazebo. Now there’s nothing left. Just a few pieces of smoke-blackened wood. And there was the bar. Nothing, nothing left.” The owner of Lido Le Capannine in Catania, the bathing establishment which was totally destroyed on Saturday evening in the fire that devastated many areas in the city, does not cry. “I ran out of tears – he says in an interview with Adnkronos – I feel powerless, but I can’t give up”. Also because this morning dozens of people showed up, all volunteers, who asked to be able to help. “They are customers of the beach, former workers, swimmers – she explains excitedly – I have goosebumps just to see them. It’s nice that in such a difficult moment for me they came”. Some have left their children a few meters away to take a bath. “And they came to remove debris and rubble – says Raciti – It hurts to see an activity like the Lido Le Capannine go up in smoke, a reference point for many people from Catania for many years”. The damage, according to the owner, amounts to “over one million euros, but I am unable to give a more precise figure,” she says. Without insurance coverage. “No …” she says almost in a low voice. “Unfortunately there is nothing to recover – he says – there is nothing left. We are trying to clean up to try to start again, I don’t know how, but we are trying. Thanks also to the volunteers who are giving us help but also the strength of to move on”. But what happened on Saturday? “Already at lunchtime, many parents of the plant’s employees called their children to tell them to be careful – he says – because Catania was on fire”. So they started calling the fire brigade. “But they were busy in other places, they told us to rest assured, then the second time they told us to evacuate the plant – he says – but we never saw them. They were busy in other areas. police, a barrel of water but they did not have the nozzle to let the water out and had to go away “. ‘People took shelter in a structure, then we evacuated everything’ There are hundreds of customers who had been coming to Lido Le Capannine for years, opened in 1996. “For generations – he says – now we don’t know what to do. I thank my family for the strength he is showing, my father is one who never gives up. But what happened is terrible. ” Francesca Raciti, a tiny woman but with great strength, shows the reporter what is left of the Le Capannine beach. He pushes back the tears with difficulty. “When the flames were approaching – he says – people went to shelter in the closed structure further ahead, because they thought it was a passing thing. Instead, in a few hours everything was destroyed”. “There were 36 bungalows there and there are only four left …”, says Raciti. “The boys who worked here climbed on the roofs to put out the fire, risking their lives – he continues – They were terrible moments”. “Lapilli came from everywhere – he says – They put out one fire and another lit up. Then the wind was tremendous, and it was over 44 degrees. The whole surf area was destroyed. Then he looks at the volunteers and says:” I have skin goose. I heartily thank them “.