Residents attack firefighters

Angry residents in Naples have attacked firefighters trying to extinguish burning rubbish as the collection crisis worsens, authorities said.

Firefighters said the residents threw stones at them overnight and in one case attacked them with fire extinguishers. No injuries were reported.

The firefighters said police had to escort them while putting out more than 100 fires overnight and 30 this morning. About a dozen other fires were burning, they said.

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