Forest fires on the island of Greek compels thousands over thousands

The Greek authorities have ordered thousands to evacuate different parts of the South Crete, which is one of the most popular tourist sites in the country, as forest fires were burned in an irreplaceable way on Thursday. The firefighters were struggling to contain the fire, as the winds of the storm feed the fire.

The officials said that people were evacuated from hotels and residential houses overnight after the fire erupted on Wednesday afternoon near Erbetra, on the southern coast of the island, and they continued to combat.

Gi -Ji -Tzarakis, head of the Hotel Owners Association in Irisra and Southeast Crete, told local media that about 5,000 people in the region were evacuated, as most of them were tourists who traveled to the island from abroad. They owned a sports place in Erbetra, CBS news partner BBC News mentioned

They were a four -village in the region – Verma, Catharadis, Cotonari and Kakia Scalaa – Evacuation. Meanwhile, the Greek fire service said that the fire was divided into three active fronts in Achlia, Ferma and Skinokapsala.

The BBC News also posted a video of the fire that burns near the beach on the island of Crete, where it sent a huge smoke column in the air as the beach pioneers were seen. All hospitals were placed on Crete on alert as a preventive measure, according to the port.

By Thursday morning, 230 firefighters are supported by 10 helicopters that drop water, fighting the fires advanced through forests and agricultural lands.

Gale Force winds in the area, where storms reach about 50 miles per hour, “constantly create … new outbreaks, which makes it very difficult to fight fires,” The firefighting department spokesman said Vasilis Vittrakogian.

The Coast Guard said that two people were evacuated overnight, while six boats were special in the preparation situation in the event that the additional evacuation operations by the sea became necessary.

Nichearius Papadaches, a civil protection official in the regional authority, told Associated Press all night tourists that were transferred to the area had been transferred to the inner basketball yard and hotels in other parts of the island.

Officials said that many residents were treated with breathing difficulties, but there were no reports of serious injuries.

The firefighting service and a civil protection agency issued alerts for the evacuation mobile phone and appealed to the residents not to return to an attempt to preserve their property.

While the fires were lines and over the overnight residential areas, the fire sent clouds from ash to the sky, lit by the headlights of emergency vehicles and aquatic trucks lined on the coastal road near the Verma and Ashlia resorts in southeast Crete.

Crete is one of the most popular destinations in Greece for both foreign and local tourists.

The danger of forest fires remained very high throughout Crete and parts of southern Greece on Thursday, according to a daily bulletin confiscated by the firefighting service.

Forest fires are frequent in the country during the hot and dry summer, and the firefighting administration has already dealt with dozens across Greece so far this year.

In 2018, A huge fire that swept the coastal city of MattiEast Athens, besieging people in their homes and on the roads while trying to escape. More than 100 died, including some who drowned while trying to swim away from fire.