2023-08-21 13:34:01
“An old shepherd ran to his sheepfold to save his animals and was found dead, probably intoxicated by the fumes [d’incendie]», a spokesperson for the fire department told Agence France-Presse on Monday, August 21. The man died in the region of Boeotia, located in central Greece.
The area is engulfed in flames. A major forest fire broke out there on Monday, 100 kilometers north of Athens, according to the emergency services. Fifty-six firefighters assisted by four planes intervened on the spot. Another fire broke out on the island of Euboea, where forty-two firefighters and four planes are battling the flames.
Civil protection authorities issued an alert on Monday about a risk of fire ” extreme “ in the capital region, Athens, and other parts of southern Greece. Very hot and dry conditions, which increase the risk of fires, will persist in the country until Friday.
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Weekend evacuations
Fires affect other Greek regions, in the northeast for example, near the port city of Alexandroupolis. Seven firefighters and a volunteer were hospitalized there with injuries. A dozen evacuation operations were carried out over the weekend and civil protection authorities urged residents to stay indoors due to the smoke. The area has been declared a state of emergency.
On July 18, a fire, fanned by violent winds, had ravaged nearly 18,000 hectares in ten days south of Rhodes, a popular tourist island in the south-east of the Aegean Sea. Around 20,000 people, mostly tourists, had to be evacuated. Greece recorded its longest heat wave (fifteen days) on record reports the newspaper I Kathimeriniwith temperatures exceeding 40°C in many places, according to data from the National Observatory of Athens.
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