The glow of the flames visible from afar. Because the fire broke out in an area on the outskirts of Ceva, which borders the Turin-Savona motorway, in particular with the carriageway towards Liguria (which was closed as a precaution). It is a farmhouse in the Piana region, towards Prione, where the family of Giuseppe Durigon lived until some time ago.
The house did not go unnoticed by motorists traveling along the Turin-Savona, between Lesegno and Ceva, because it was dominated by a large cross (on the arm of a crane), which was illuminated at night.
It seems that in the vicinity of the farmhouse there were piles of debris and other material, from which the flames could have originated. The investigations have just begun, as the fire brigade teams of Mondovì and Ceva until recently were engaged in extinguishing the fire and now they are in those of securing the area. Among other things, we must immediately prevent the fire from reaching the woods, which are only a few hundred meters away.
Also on site is the mayor of Ceva, Vincenzo Bezzone, who also has the municipal delegation of civil protection. And he says: «Impressive. It was decided to close the motorway as a precaution, as a gas cylinder also exploded and, immediately, there was no certainty about the situation and the extent of the risks ».
In July 2010 the farmhouse was at the center of a news story, linked to the clearing of tons of materials accumulated around it. Giuseppe Durigon (65 years old at the time) sat on top of the crane a dozen meters high for four hours, keeping busy carabinieri, firefighters of Mondovì and Ceva, traffic police, 118 and Forestry. A sensational protest because he believed that all kinds of waste, which he considered of him, should not be touched. When the technicians of Anas and Autostrada Torino – Savona (owners of the land) arrived with the bulldozers to start the evacuation, he climbed up there, not recognizing the validity of the ordinance authorizing the intervention. He asked for an extension, even if the affair had dragged on since 1998, between oppositions and stamped papers. His relatives, the parish priest, the police forces and the lawyer who had assisted him in some cases tried to convince him to get out. But the man gave up only when the Municipality showed him a document with the commitment to reconsider the case. So the companies in charge removed the materials.
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