In Italy it is SOS fires. From January 1 to July 18, 2025, 653 fires occurred on the Peninsula, sending 30,988 ha of land equivalent to 43,400 soccer fields up in smoke. It is about an average of 3.3 fires per day with an average burned area of 47.5 ha. Taking this picture is Legambiente, which today releases data from its new report “Italy in smoke”. According to the report by Legambiente, which analyzed and reprocessed EFFIS (European Forest Fire Information System) data, of the as many as 30,988 ha of land burned in the first seven months of 2025, 18,115 involved natural ha (i.e., wooded areas); 12,733 ha involved agricultural areas, 120 ha man-made areas, and 7 ha other areas. The South is confirmed as the area most affected by fires with six regions topping the list in terms of ha burned. Black jersey to Sicily, with 16,938 ha burned in 248 fires. Followed by Calabria, with 3,633 ha in 178 fire events, Puglia with 3,622 ha in 69 events, Basilicata with 2,121 ha in only 13 fires (with the highest average ha per fire: 163.15), Campania with 1,826 ha in 77 events and Sardinia with 1,465 ha in 19 fires. Among the regions of Central and Northern Italy: there are Lazio (seventh in the ranking) with 696 ha gone up in smoke in 28 fires and the Province of Bolzano (eighth in the ranking) with 216 ha in 3 fires and Lombardy. For the environmental association to date the country pays not only the price of too many delays, but also the worsening climate crisis that amplifies the risk of forest fires and the onslaught of ecomafias and arsonists.