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(ANSAmed) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 12 - Since this morning Canadair aircraft and helicopters have been operating in Calabria to extinguish the numerous fires affecting the region. Special situations are registered in the province of Reggio Calabria, although the aircraft are operating also in the Cosenza and Catanzaro areas, where blazes have been reported since yesterday. In the province of Reggio Calabria, the state forestry corps are trying to tame the flames which broke out near Santuario di Polsi, in San Luca. Since this morning a helicopter has been operating and the idea to send a Canadair to intervene in support is being evaluated. There are also problems near the railway line of Ricadi, where a helicopter was sent. Even though the fire is far from the rails, during the aircraft's intervention the railway electric line will have to be disconnected. This, however, should not bring about consequences for the circulation as, in the time interval in which the intervention is planned to take place, no passage of trains is scheduled. In Abruzzo, a vast fire destroyed during the night more than two hectares of wood and undergrowth in Cupellòs Strane quarter. The alarm was launched at 9pm local time. Firefighting units from Vasto, Lanciano and Gissi, assisted by the men of the forestry corps and Carabinieri, confronted, for some six hours a wide fire front, characterised by very tall flames, which was threatening to reach some dwellings in the area. Investigation is underway to establish the causes of the fire, which was tamed around 0300 local time in the morning. (ANSAmed).