Hiking trails on Italy's Mount Vesuvius have been closed to the public as firefighters battle a massive blaze that erupted ...

Wildfires on Mount Vesuvius force closure of hiking trails as firefighters battle flames threatening forests and local ...

Due to a forest fire, the ascent to the Vesuvius volcano near Naples, which is over 3900 feet high, has been closed in Italy.

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius​, with all hiking routes up ...

Italian firefighters and the army on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the ...

Mount Vesuvius, classified as an active volcano, is fertile ground for wine, tomatoes and other crops damaged by the fires.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

A man's brain was turned into glass because the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was so hot, fascinating new research shows.

Scientists have described how the heat from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago was so intense it turned the brain of one of its victims to glass.

Mount Vesuvius eruption turned part of man's brain into glass after super-hot ash cloud A man, thought to be the custodian of a religious group, was believed to be in his bed asleep, when a super ...