What happened

INDUSTRIAL / ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT. A major fire affected a waste-storage site in Airola's industrial zone in Benevento province, primarily burning bales of plastic and paper and producing a substantial smoke column over surrounding communities. Campania's regional government said ARPAC began air sampling for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs, alongside checks for other airborne pollutants, and was considering deployment of a mobile laboratory. The regional statement emphasized that laboratory results were still awaited, so the record does not claim that dangerous off-site concentrations were confirmed. No energy-production loss, quantified chemical release, casualty figure or completed cause finding was established in the reviewed official update. The map position is approximate to Airola's industrial area because the source did not publish precise facility coordinates.

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