Elena Lo Duca (56)

That day, the deputy chief coordinator, Lo Duca, after being off duty, had participated as a civil defence volunteer in the containment and clean-up operations in a forest area where the fire brigade had just extinguished a fire. While she was conducting the inspection, she was struck by a large tree whose trunk had been weakened by the flames: she died instantly. The deputy chief coordinator, Lo Duca had been actively involved in civil defence for many years and was knighted in 2021. He worked for the police in Cividale del Friuli (UD).