Fire in Turin: Caravan ignites, destroys three refrigerated trucks

On May 21, a motorhome was crushed between two trucks on the A1 highway in Tuscany. Three people were injured. One truck carried a tank of flammable styrene, but no leak occurred.

The sixth season of the Italian Pet Camper Tour, under the symbol 'Super Fra', starts on May 31 in Assisi. The tour runs until July 5 and includes workshops, lectures, and video collection for a film festival.

Volkswagen brought the ID. Buzz back to the United States — complete with a mattress and curtains. A wildfire in Arizona burned down a dozen motorhomes, and Lake Tekir in Turkey flooded just as many. While Ibiza fines illegal campers up to €30,000, a retired couple from Mallorca has been living in 10 m² for five years and saving €1,400 a month. Plus: the largest campsite in the US at 607 pitches, a closed naturist beach on the North Sea, and Dolby Atmos in a trailer — all in this edition.

On the morning of May 16, 2026, a parked camper van was completely destroyed by fire on Via Puccini in Trieste. The flames spread to several nearby cars. No injuries were reported. The cause is disputed: one source says a stove was left on, others say it's still under investigation.

A 42-year-old Romanian farmworker died in a caravan fire near Poggio Imperiale, Foggia province, on the morning of May 12, 2026. Preliminary reports suggest an accident, possibly due to a short circuit or heater malfunction.

After almost 70 years, Bürstner has stopped making caravans — and nobody was particularly surprised once sales had fallen by a third. Sweden registered 62% more motorhomes and is preparing to let them drive faster. Chet Hanks moved into a retirees' trailer park in Nashville — for the country music career, not the savings. Plus a Korean workation site for 100 motorhomes, an unmanned trailer hotel on Hokkaido, and a gyrocopter pilot who landed on a highway and clipped an oncoming motorhome — all in this issue.