2024-07-01 13:38:59
Greek firefighters battled a forest fireplace south of Athens immediately amid robust winds, simply hours after they introduced the blaze below management in a mountainous space outdoors the capital and on an island within the Aegean Sea, Reuters reported.
Dozens of firefighters, supported by 14 firefighting plane, try to comprise one other blaze within the sparsely populated space outdoors the city of Keratea, about 35 km south of Athens.
Greek tv confirmed not less than one home engulfed in flames, whereas smoke from burning pine and olive bushes rose into the sky, BTA reported.
Sizzling and windy climate throughout a lot of Greece sparked dozens of wildfires over the weekend, with authorities warning individuals to avoid forested areas.
Firefighters are nonetheless placing out the stays of a fireplace at Fr. Serifos, the place the hearth broke out in low vegetation on Saturday and unfold rapidly, fueled by robust winds. It affected homes and triggered the evacuation of a number of villages.
The forest fireplace, which at one level unfold 15 km, affected vacation houses and warehouses, the island’s mayor, Kostas Revintis, stated earlier.
One other forest fireplace close to Mount Parnita was introduced below management this morning, officers stated.
The robust winds are anticipated to subside this afternoon on the earliest, meteorologists stated.
Forest fires are frequent in Greece, however have turn into extra frequent and extra devastating because of hotter, drier and windier climate that scientists attribute to local weather change, Reuters famous.
After final 12 months’s lethal forest fires, adopted by the warmest winter on report in Greece, the nation has developed a brand new system that features deploying additional firefighting tools to each new fireplace. This hurries up air assist and forest clearing.