The volcano of Ischia, a resort island famed for its thermal waters off the coast of Naples, could potentially erupt, although no eruption is imminent, Italian disaster experts said Tuesday.
Guido Bertolaso, who heads Italy's civil protection agency, said that, while Vesuvius is more commonly considered the nation's most worrisome volcano, it is Ischia, which last erupted some 700 years ago, that is experiencing a buildup of magma.
"If I had to say which is the volcano with the most loaded gun barrel, I'd say it's not Vesuvius but the island of Ischia," Bertolaso told a news conference in Rome.
Ischia, a short hydrofoil trip from the port of Naples and the chic vacation island of Capri, is often overrun with Italian and foreign visitors seeking to ease their aches and pains in pools filled with thermal waters pumped in from the sea.
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