Greece battles of wild fires near the capital as the first heat wave in the summer Climate crisis news

The coastal fire raises evacuation orders, days after the state of emergency was declared on fire on the Aegean Island Island.

Fast -moving wildfires were immersed in holiday homes and forest lands on a clip from the Greek coast, 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, Athens.

More than 100 firefighters, with the support of twenty fire control aircraft, fought Washing fires The officials said that it was torn across the coastal area of ​​Palaia Fukya on Thursday. The fire was crossed due to the strong winds with the approaching temperatures of 40 ° C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) at the first heat wave in the country in the summer.

Fire Department spokesman Vasilis Vitrachgagianis told reporters that 40 people were evacuated by the police, as evacuation orders were issued for a total of five areas. He added that a road on the beach extends across the affected areas that were broken in a manner.

The Coast Guard said that two patrol boats and nine special ships were in a preparation in the Balia Fukya area in the event that the evacuation by the sea becomes necessary.

“We are asking people to leave their homes,” said the local city adviser, Abu Stelos Papadaches, on ERT TV in Greece.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but the Fire Department spokesman said that the deliberate investigation unit had been sent to the area.

Local Mayor Dimitris Lucas said on ERT TV he believed that many homes were damaged by the fire.

Athens, the broader area, in addition to many of the Aegean Islands, was at the 4th level of a scale of 5 levels that measure the risk of forest fires due to weather conditions, as the thermal wave will continue until the weekend.

Early in the week, hundreds of firefighters took four days to control a massive huge fire on East Island, where the state of emergency and more than ten evacuation orders were announced.

The Fire Department said that a woman had been arrested on suspicion that she had contributed to the fire.

Greece spent hundreds of millions of euros to compensate families and farmers for damage to harsh weather and gain new equipment for dealing With forest fires.

The number of firefighters has increased to 18,000 this year.

The scholars who caused a person say Climate It contributes to the harsh weather conditions and the extension of heat waves for billions of people worldwide.