US EditionWildfires Break Out in Turkey, Syria and Greece - with Towns Near Athens Evacuated
- Firefighters battled a large wildfire on July 5 in southern Evia, Greece, which burned forests and forced evacuation of two villages.
- The blaze broke out late on July 4 amid gale-force winds and dry conditions that placed several Greek regions on high wildfire alert.
- Over 160 personnel, supported by 46 fire trucks, five planes, and four helicopters, were mobilized to combat the wildfire as it endangered nearby communities and remained visible from several kilometers away.
- On July 5, Greece was expected to experience temperatures climbing as high as 38 degrees Celsius, while wildfires continued to rage in Turkey and Syria, resulting in two fatalities and the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.
- Officials link increased wildfire destructiveness in the region to a fast-changing climate and call for revised approaches to managing these recurrent summer fires.
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A fire of proportions exploded on the island of Evia, Greece. Because of the dry vegetation, the flames are moving fast, so that in the area they were sent over 160 pumps, together with dozens of cars and aircraft for fires. A thousand of...
The pumpers fought Saturday with a vegetative fire on the Greek island of Evia in the Aegean Sea, the second largest of Greece, where fire covered the forest and forced the evacuation of two hours,...
The perpetrator fled to Athens and spent the night at his son's house.
Greece Fights Evia Wildfire, Reports Containment Progress On Crete
More than 160 firefighters, along with 46 trucks and five aircraft, were deployed in southern Evia, east of Athens, to put out the blaze, which broke out late on Friday. The post Greece Fights Evia Wildfire, Reports Containment Progress On Crete appeared first on StratNews Global.
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