Greece battles of forest fires, and evacuating residents near Athens

Greece is fighting five major forest fires throughout the country, as officials evacuated residents in a damaged area 30 km (18.6 miles) north of Athens.

It was the burning smell of the wood that it carried in the center of Athens, as Greece requested the European Union to help fight the deployed fire.

Continuous emergency comes in a severe heat wave. It is expected that the temperatures will reach up to 44 ° C on Sunday, as the intense heat is expected to continue during most of the weekend.

“We were wounded by firefighters, we got a human life, the property was burned, and the forest areas were destroyed,” said the climate crisis in Greece, Giannis Kivalujian.

The strong winds and the temperatures of the incendiary have seen the fire. Greece officially asked the European Union’s civil protection mechanism for six additional fire control aircraft.

In Atka, the area where Athens is located, a fire that started in Avidins quickly spread on Saturday through Drosopigi, Kryoneri and Agios Stefanos, forcing the residents to flee.

While the firefighting service says that the main front has been burned, the hot dots of the burning continue. More than 200 firefighters, with the support of helicopters and water channel aircraft, are still operating in the area.

On the island of Evia, officials said the second fire near Pason had “out of control”, and moved quickly to my Afti.

Several villages, including Pournos and Mistros, were left without electricity after destroying columns and power lines.

Six firefighters have so far been transferred to the hospital with burns and inhalation of smoke, as 115 employees continue to fight fire.

“The destruction is unforgettable,” said Derfion Mayor Mesabeon Gi -Bisathas.

In Kythira, the third Hashim fire was overwhelmed by a large part of the island, where the population describes the scenes of “total destruction”. Several settlements, the coast guard assisted, with the help of special boats, saved 139 people from the Limnionas Beach, and they were safely transported to the Kapsali port.

In Messinia, the fourth wildfires broke out in the Polithea area of Tripylia on Saturday morning and thickened later in the day.

Five emergency alerts have been sent via the Greek 112 system that urges people to leave many villages. Strong winds make firefighting efforts, with 84 firefighters, 30 vehicles and seven fire -treated aircraft.

Meanwhile, in the Crete Charana area, a fifth fire in the Hashim in Timinia. The fire started in two separate sites and spread quickly, destroying at least two houses.

The officials said that many areas remained at the extensive firefighting threats, including the ionic islands, western Greece, Billoponnez, central Greece, Etika, Airos, West blog (Florina, Castoria, Kozani), and the fun of IGONA, and Russia (Magosia) (Maglizia, Laria).

Last month, the fires were destroyed in the fifth largest island in Greece, in the north of Aegean, 4,700 hectares (11600 acres) of the ground.

In early July, a fire on Crete was forced to evacuate 5,000 tourists.