A wildfire broke out near a residential area in Litochoro, Macedonia.
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Relaying the government’s anxiety in the wake of the wildfire that struck Attica last week, a high-ranking official stressed, “The fire season is not yet over and conditions remain extremely difficult due to the particularly hot summer and prolonged drought.”
The fire that broke out in a forested area on Mount Falakro in Drama, northern Greece, is raging for a second day on Sunday.
The hitherto “privileged” parts of northern Attica have become a red zone for natural disasters. Despite their vulnerability, most peri-urban settlements that have developed near forests lack local fire protection action plans.
A wildfire broke out on Saturday afternoon on the Eastern Aegean island complex of Fourni, the fire service said. The blaze is burning low vegetation in the Kamari area of the Fourni Korseon municipality, on the main island.
In the wake of the wildfires that have ripped through Attica in recent years, experts insist that successful reforestation requires meticulous studies tailored to the specific areas that have been burnt.
A damaged house in Penteli, a suburb of northern Athens, following the deadly wildfire near the Greek capital on Sunday and Monday.
Firefighters on Evia are battling two forest wildfires. Shortly before 8 a.m. fire was noticed in the central Mesochoria area, while another fire broke out in nearby Zarakes about half an hour later.
Inspectors have condemned 40 homes for demolition and declared another 64 temporarily unfit for use, following last week’s fires in northeastern Attica which burned about 10,000 hectares of land.
A number of regions in the country have been designated as having a very high risk of fire (Category 4) on Saturday, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection at the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.
The platform where people who incurred damages from this week’s Attica wildfire can apply for compensation will open on August 21, according to Deputy Civil Protection Minister Christos Triandopoulos. Inspections in the affected municipalities are ongoing, with 130 having been conducted by Thursday.
The National Meteorological Service Meteo has released satellite images showing the progression of a forest fire burning for 29 days on Mount Orvilos in Serres, Greece, near the Bulgarian border.
The photo is great. It’s a bit like a movie poster from the Western “The Magnificent Seven.” In front walks Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and behind him follow several pilots, in a V formation.
A fire that spread from Albania prompted an evacuation alert for residents of Palampas village in Thesprotia, Epirus.
Volunteers from the Anima and Save Your Hood organizations discovered a charred human skeleton Thursday while rescuing injured animals in the burned areas around Lake Marathon, northeast of Athens.
A forest fire in Turkey’s western coastal province of Izmir, fanned by strong winds, is near residential areas, forcing some people to be evacuated, the local governor said on Friday, as firefighters also tried to contain other wildfires in the north.
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