(from the correspondent Elvira Terranova) – “It is a very difficult moment, between the ashes of Etna, Covid and now the fires in Sicily. Unfortunately, some idiots continue to speculate and this really makes me angry. Luckily the Sicilians are intelligent people who know which side the weeds are on “. To speak is the Sicilian Governor Nello Musumeci, meeting the press in Catania, during a break in the briefings with the Civil Protection, the authorities, the firefighters to take stock of the fires. Sicily has been burning for days. There have been 257 interventions in the last 24 hours by firefighters throughout Sicily, particularly affected the provinces of Catania, Palermo, Agrigento, Caltanissetta and Syracuse.At the moment the aircraft are engaged in Aidone Dan Bartolo (EN), in Randazzo ( Catania). When asked if the fault lies with politics, Musumeci replies: “Politics has many faults but much less than jackals”. The first part of the extraordinary summit discussed in particular the fires that hit some bathing establishments, in particular the Lido Le Capannine, where the damage, as told today by the owner Francesca Raciti all’Adnkronos “amounts to over one million euros” . “We talked about safety in bathing establishments in Sicily – says Musumeci, who met reporters with the mayor Salvo Pogliese, the head of the Sicilian Civil Protection Salvo Cocina and the prefect Maria Carmela Librizzi – we believe we will extend any measures that will also be agreed with the prefectures also to establishments in the rest of Sicily. At least those falling in highly urbanized areas or establishments served by a single road artery occupied by parked vehicles which in case of panic or emergency would become inaccessible to emergency vehicles “. ‘These are scenarios that had never occurred’ “These are scenarios that fortunately never occurred in Sicily – he says, but a good forecasting and prevention policy of the Civil Protection must imagine every possible hypothesis”: In concrete terms, what the Region therefore foresees ? “In bathing establishments where there is a heavy load of flammable material – he says – it is absurd that a fire brigade tanker has to wait, when the water runs out, for the other tanker to arrive. It is necessary for each establishment to have a safety plan and it is also necessary to verify whether the area for car parking becomes essential because several cars together cause a problem in fire prevention “. “It is clear that any expenses could be incurred in conjunction with the Sicilian Region in order not to aggravate the managers, but these measures are to protect customers”. When asked if the national government is close, Musumeci said: “The Draghi government is immediately intervened regarding the state of mobilization that allows us to have 33 teams available for 10 days “. And on the attacks of the trade unions and some politicians on the ‘responsibilities’ of the Sicilian Region, he says: “We will also respond to the trade unionists who make politics and to the political jackals, at this moment the issue is to work to contain the damage”. “Let me say one thing: the region does prevention in wooded areas and in these fires the wooded areas are affected by 25 percent. We understand each other. All the rest are abandoned private properties.” ‘All the people available are On the field ‘On the possibility that there may be the photovoltaic business behind the fires he says: “The hypotheses are many and we do not exclude even those for speculation for photovoltaic systems, especially for those whose power exceeds 300. This is why we must oprare by looking at 360 degrees. Alongside the malicious assumptions, we must add the temperature at 45 degrees, and a slight breeze which is enough to start the fires “. And he reiterates: “All the men available are on the field, but for extraordinary events they are no longer enough”. “So we had to ask for external help, as we did when we went to the central-northern areas, that’s right. This year we have an air fleet that Sicily has never had. We need to redo the race for the vehicles. anticendi “. Finally, it says “in agreement with the head of Civil Protection Curcio who says that cases of self-combustion are rare”. “Unfortunately, the high temperature helps to develop fires.” The briefing continues now to speak with the prefects of Palermo and Catania.