US EditionGreece Battles Wildfire Outside Patras
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"The winds were so strong that the fire entered the industrial area, a huge effort is being made to save factories," said Fokion Zaimis
The mayor of Patras, Kostas Peletidis, told Kathimerini that the fire of the forest fire flared up yesterday in the north of the Peloponnese, in the peripheral unit of Achaia, reached the houses and streets of some suburbs of Patras, such as those of Bozaitika, Profitis Ilias and Ano Sychaina. The mayor of the third largest city of Greece added that the situation "until recently tragic" is improving after some helicopters have entered into actio…
Greece battles wildfire outside Patras
Firefighters battled to contain a wildfire menacing Greece’s third-largest city Patras on Wednesday, one of over 20 blazes that have forced the country to appeal for EU help. Fierce winds and dry conditions have fuelled fires across the country in a week where a heatwave has baked southern Europe, with Spain, Portugal, Montenegro and Albania also fighting blazes. Since dawn on Wednesday, 4,850 firefighters and 33 planes were mobilised across Gre…
A total of 152 fires have erupted over the last 24 hours in Greece, where more than 4,800 firefighters and 62 air assets fight the flames on numerous fronts and when a high risk is expected for Wednesday due to the strong wind.Vasilis Vathrakoyannis, spokesman for the Greek Firefighters, said this morning that the situation is critical.The panorama is especially difficult in the north of the Peloponnese, with fires out of control in Acaya, and a…
Fires are ongoing in Sychena and Western Achaia, with limited damage to the Patras Industrial Area. Fires in Sychena.
Firefighters are battling the fire fronts in Patras, Zakynthos, Chios, Vonitsa in Aitoloakarnania and Gymnotopo in Preveza, with strong northerly winds as their enemy. A barrage of messages from "112", calling on residents to either be on alert or to move away from dozens of settlements for safety reasons. Watch live from ERTNews Uncontrolled fire near the industrial zone in Achaia With strong winds making the situation difficult, the fire sprea…
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