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Fire Destroys Viper Theatre in Florence, Blaze Now Extinguished

Scenes from the Fire: How Crews Extinguished the Blaze at the Viper Theatre

Monday, August 25, 2025 Editorial Staff News

A major fire broke out over the weekend at the Viper Theatre, one of Florence’s best-known live music venues.

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Severe Storms Hit Tuscany

Severe Storms Hit Tuscany: Floods, Lightning and Dozens of Rescues

Friday, August 22, 2025 Editorial Staff News

Torrential rain and strong winds battered Tuscany, with over 100,000 lightning strikes, rescues in Grosseto and Orbetello, and storm damage from Livorno to Florence.

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Fire Erupts in Osmannoro Industrial Area

Fire Erupts in Industrial Area, Thick Smoke Visible Across Florence

Thursday, July 24, 2025 Editorial Staff News

The blaze erupted in a parking area, where three parked semi-trailers were completely engulfed in flames.

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Fire spreads through pine forest near Castiglione della Pescaia, gas canisters explode

Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 600 Tourists at Coastal Campground in Tuscany

Friday, July 11, 2025 Editorial Staff News

The fire started in a campsite in the Rocchette area, prompting the evacuation of approximately 600 people, most of them tourists.

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Evacuation at Leonardo da Vinci High School in Florence After Loud Noise Prompts Emergency Response: Firefighters, local police, and an ambulance quickly arrived at the scene

Evacuation at Leonardo da Vinci High School in Florence

Friday, October 25, 2024 Editorial Staff News

Leonardo da Vinci State Science High School in Florence were evacuated after a loud noise was heard.

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Mall on fire

Coop mall evacuated after fire on roof (Videos and photos)

Friday, June 4, 2021 Editorial Staff News

A Coop shopping mall in Ponte a Greve, in the outskirts of Florence, was evacuated after the roof caught fire on Thursday June 3, 2021.

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Owl saved near Arezzo

Owl caught in the football net saved by the Italian Fire Fighters (Video)

Thursday, May 20, 2021 Editorial Staff News

The firefighters of Arezzo, in Tuscany Region, intervened in the Pratantico soccer field to free a beautiful specimen of owl entangled in the fence net: unharmed, it was then released with the assistance of a veterinarian.

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Collpsed bridge in Genoa

The recovery operations under the collapsed bridge in Genoa

Thursday, August 16, 2018 Editorial Staff News

Italian Firefighters and other rescue teams have been working since Tuesday August 14, 2018, to search for survivors among towering slabs of concrete wreckage after a bridge on the A10 motorway.

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Firefighters at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

Firefighters rushed to Florence’s Uffizi gallery

Friday, December 1, 2017 Editorial Staff News

Firefighters rushed to Florence’s Uffizi gallery on Thursday November 30, 2017.

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Livorno flood death toll up to eight

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Editorial Staff News

The death toll of the flash floods that hit Livorno due to storms at the weekend climbed to eight.

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Friday, October 3, 2025

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Monday, September 29, 2025
Over the past century, Gucci has grown from a small Florentine workshop into an international powerhouse, now part of Kering.

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

TECH

Arno River Powers Florence: 25% of City’s Energy from Hydropower

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Monday, September 15, 2025

TRAVEL

Rickshaw Revolt: Florence Tourist Transport Operators Protest New Ban

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ARTS

Friends of Florence launch restoration of Donatello’s Gattamelata

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Giacomo Balla and the Colors of the Sea: Futurist Visions in Pistoia

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

LIFE

Tim Burton will take center stage in Florence October 2025.

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SPORTS

Pioli’s tactical reshuffle and summer signings have so far failed to deliver

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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The One-Kilometer Rainbow Flag

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