Firefighters battle to extinguish a wildfire in the natural reserve of Monte Catillo in Tivoli, near Rome. Police and firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire. Searing heat is due to continue in Italy for several days and risks fuelling fires that have already plagued much of the country's south in recent weeks, notably in Sicily and the region of Calabria.

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