Canneto is a village and civil parish (frazione

Frazione

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) of the Italian

Italy

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 municipality of Caronia

Caronia

Caronia is a town and comune on the north coast of Sicily, in the province of Messina, about half way between Tyndaris and Cephaloedium...

, in the Province of Messina

Province of Messina

Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

, Sicily

Sicily

Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

. In Italian language

Italian language

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 its name means reed bed

Reed bed

Reed beds are natural habitats found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions andestuaries. Reed beds are part of a succession from young reed colonising open water or wet ground through a gradation of increasingly dry ground...

.

Geography

The village, also known as Canneto di Caronia, is located by the Tyrrhenian

Tyrrhenian Sea

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 coast, on the state highway

State highway (Italy)

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 113 Messina-Palermo

Palermo

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-Trapani

Trapani

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, between Marina di Caronia and Santo Stefano di Camastra

Santo Stefano di Camastra

Santo Stefano di Camastra is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 100 km east of Palermo and about 135 km west of Messina...

. It is 10 km far from Caronia, 105 from Palermo and 125 from Messina.

It is crossed by the Messina-Palermo railway but lacks its own station (nearest are Caronia and Santo Stefano di Camastra-Mistretta). The nearest motorway's exit is "Reitano

Reitano

Reitano is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 90 km east of Palermo and about 110 km west of Messina...

-Santo Stefano di Camastra", on the A20

Autostrada A20 (Italy)

The Autostrada A20 is a motorway on the island of Sicily that links the city of Palermo to Messina. The motorway from Messina follows the Tyrrhenian coast for until it meets the A19 Palermo-Catania at Buonfornello...

 Messina-Palermo

Canneto fires

Starting from 24 January 2004, Canneto was the central location in a series of spontaneous fires, mainly along the railway line, and other electromagnetic

Electromagnetic

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 phenomena. These happened several times, and were sometimes referred to Poltergeist

Poltergeist

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 phenomena, prompting an investigation by scientists from the National Research Institute (CNR)

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

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, with the support of NASA

NASA

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 physicists. On 2007 it has been proposed that the phenomena are caused by intermittent electromagnetic

Electromagnetic field

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emissions. A state of emergency was imposed and part of the village was evacuated.