Greece is tackling dozens of wildfires throughout the nation introduced on by the earliest heatwave on file, with temperatures hitting 44 levels Celsius (111 levels Fahrenheit).
“Today in Attica two extremely dangerous fires that broke out in residential areas and spread rapidly due to strong winds in Keratea and Stamata were tackled,” Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vasilis Kikilias mentioned late Sunday.
He mentioned there was now not an lively entrance in Stamata, north of Athens, although there have been some minor reignitions within the japanese space of Keratea.
He mentioned that “ground forces will remain in the field throughout the night.”
Since Sunday noon, the authorities have referred to as for the evacuation of not less than eight areas close to the capital, with flames destroying vehicles and homes.
Ert channel reported {that a} 45-year-old-man died from a cardiac arrest whereas attempting to flee fires in suburban Athens.
According to the police, the person was discovered unconscious within the yard of a home in Rodopoli and brought to hospital the place he died.
“Today is the hardest that the Fire Brigade has faced in this year’s firefighting season,” fireplace division spokesperson Vasilis Vathrakogiannis mentioned on Sunday afternoon, throughout an emergency press briefing.
“The situation is very difficult, as strong winds continue to blow, they have not subsided and the outbreaks are many,” the mayor of Lavreotiki, Dimitris Loukas, informed Athens News Agency Sunday afternoon.
However, he mentioned a close-by navy air base was not at present at risk from the flames.
Fire brigade spokesman famous that wind speeds had exceeded 60 kph (37.28 mph) in Keratea, whereas in Stamata, the blaze was fanned by robust northerly winds exceeding 70 kph.
Island fires
A fireplace additionally broke out Sunday in an industrial zone in Ritsona, close to the island of Evia.
Black smoke crammed the sky above Ritsona after the fireplace began in a recycling manufacturing facility, burning varied flammable supplies that had been within the grounds round it, together with tires and mattresses.
Firefighters are preventing to stop the flames from spreading past the recycling plant to different factories within the space.
The fireplace additionally approached a refugee middle, however the Athens News Agency reported that this was not believed to be at risk.
Separately, a big wildfire broke out on Serifos island on Saturday afternoon however was additionally introduced beneath management by firefighters early Sunday.
“All of southwestern Serifos has burned. We are talking about an area where the fire stopped at the sea,” Serifos mayor Konstantinos Revintis informed MEGA TV.
The fireplace brought about injury to homes, cottages, warehouses and chapels, in accordance with the mayor.
The Fire Danger Forecast Map issued for Sunday by the Civil Protection Ministry predicted a really excessive class 4 danger of fireside for Attica, the Peloponnese, Crete, the North and South Aegean Regions, and central Greece.
A wildfire ignited Saturday afternoon within the space of Mount Parnitha – generally known as “the lungs of Athens” – was managed Saturday night with the assistance of reinforcements from different areas in addition to volunteer firefighters.
More than 40 wildfires erupted throughout Saturday in Greece with wind speeds exceeding 100 kph, in accordance with fireplace brigade sources.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to as on Greeks to brace for a tough wildfire season in his weekly Facebook submit on Sunday.
“The difficult times are still ahead of us. Our effort is continuous. In this effort, our allies are new tools that build a new culture of prevention and responsibility,” he mentioned.
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