In Pictures: Mount Vesuvius ablaze

Across Italy, firefighters have intervened more than a thousand times in the last few days to fight brush or scrub fires. The latest fire they are struggling to put out is a wildfire with a front stretching across more than 2km of the dormant volcano, Mount Vesuvius, in Naples.

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Jul 16, 2017, 04:07 PM

Pedestrians walk on Naples Promenade as smoke rises from fires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius on July 12, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A plane makes a water drop to help fight the fires burning on the Vesuvius volcano, outside Naples, Italy on July 13, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

Italian soldiers help fight the fires burning on the Vesuvius volcano, outside Naples on July 13, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A plane makes a water drop to help fight the fires burning on the Vesuvius volcano, outside Naples on July 13, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A helicopter makes a water drop to help fight the fires burning on the Vesuvius volcano, outside Naples on July 13, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A plane flies above smoke rising from fires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius east of Naples on July 12, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

A general view over the city as smoke billows from fires around Mount Vesuvius volcano in Naples on July 11, 2017. PHOTO: EPA

A motorcyclist rides past smoke rising from fires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius east of Naples on July 12, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

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