Two people lost their lives from the big fires that are raging in Lower Italy.

A ninety-eight-year-old man was found dead in his farmhouse, which was engulfed in flames, in a mountainous area near the town of Reggio Calabria. In Sardinia, a fifty-five-year-old regional seasonal worker, who took part in firefighting efforts, he lost his life from an accident. The temperature on the island reached 48 degrees.

In Sicily, firefighters evacuated part of Cervello Hospital, in the city of Palermo. The flames have reached a distance of a few hundred meters from the patients’ beds. It burns, and part of the cemetery of Santa Maria Del Jesuo, always in the capital of Sicily.

The flames even reached very close to his Doric temple archaeological park of Segesta (the ancient Egesta) on the northwest side of the island.

The fire destroyed the shop that sells souvenirs, as well as the cafeteria of the archaeological park.

The church, which thanks to the efforts of the firemen was saved, is particularly well known in Italy. The mayor of the area, Francesco Grupuzo, expressed his anger, considering it the work of arsonists.

For precautionary reasons, hotels and rental rooms in the wider area were evacuated.