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Fire Department: On increased readiness for lightning activity in the next hours – 54 fires in the last 24 hours

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In our country, 157 forest fires were recorded in the last three days and 54 fires in the last 24 hours alone.

The fire brigade has been put on alert for intense lightning activity in the next few hours, as the body’s spokesperson announced on Monday, Giannis Baker, asking for the help of citizens for the fires.

In our country, 157 forest fires were recorded in the last three days and 54 fires only in the last 24 hours Mr. Baker noted.

In Ano Glyfada material damage was caused by fire at the boundaries of urban fabric and forest area, while today at 12:22 a similar fire occurred at the boundaries of urban fabric and forest area in Artemis. Thanks to coordinated actions it was extinguished in 1 hour stressed.

“In the last few hours, intense lightning activity has been recorded which will intensify in the coming hours, mainly in mainland Greece, and the forces of the fire brigade have been put on increased alert. Numerous storms are accompanied by thousands of electrical discharges in several cases caused forest fires and took on dimensions as in Pera Chora Loutraki “underlined Mr. Baker.

“We are still at the beginning of the summer. It is self-evident that as we move forward at the peak of the fire-fighting season the fires there will be more and the more difficult will be more difficult to deal with. That is why we want every citizen next to us because this effort is collective “was the appeal of the fire department official.

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