In Greece, numerous settlements continue to evacuate in connection with forest fires raging in various parts of the country. A difficult situation with forest fires is observed in the regions of Akhey, Sakyz (Hios) and Epirus
as reported in the fire service, in the morning of Tuesday, 4850 people were involved in extinguishing fires throughout the country, with dawn, aviation resumed the discharge of water to the foci of fire. New fires broke out.
Meanwhile, the fire that broke out last night in the elaboration area, not far from the patra in the Akhey Prefecture, affected the residential areas. The fire damaged several houses and forced the inhabitants of the region to evacuate.
the villages in the northwest of the island of Sakyz (Hios) were completely evacuated, the fire caused serious damage to agricultural lands, farms, warehouses and vehicles. About 40 people from the region of Limnia by the sea were evacuated.
The fire in the municipality of Ziros in the peripheral region of the Prevsez in the Epirus region spread to a distance of about 30 kilometers, forcing the inhabitants of numerous villages to evacuate. He called the situation with the fires of the “dramatic”.
, according to him, the last 24 hours were the “most difficult days” of the fire hazardous season.
Tsigas noted that only the day before the fire, the drought and high temperatures make it difficult to extinguish the most dangerous fronts in patra and prevailing, both of them. Fires are distributed in areas located in the immediate vicinity of settlements, ”he added.