An employee of the Apulian regional agency for irrigation and forestry activities died during operations to put out a fire that broke out on land in the Brindisi area, between Ceglie Messapica and Ostuni.
According to what we understand, the man - aged around 60 - was hit by the trunk of a tree, which he was cutting to facilitate the operations to put out the fire together with the police.
118 vehicles and law enforcement are on site. However, rescue attempts were useless.
(Unioneonline)