Fires: “Orange alert” for Sunday – Great risk for Attica, Evia, Peloponnese – Map

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“There should be increased attention from the citizens – We do not light a fire for any reason” emphasizes the fire department.

On alert the authorities of the country raised, for the possibility of fires in the next 24 hours. Tomorrow Sunday there is a forecast of very high risk fire on scale 4 in:

· Attica & Kythira, Boeotia, Corinth, Argolis islands of the eastern Aegean

· regions of Evia, Achaia, Ilia, Messinia, Laconia, Arcadia

and high risk on scale 3 in many areas.

In this context, the leadership of the PS is meeting shortly with the local District Governors for measures (ban in forests – groves, increase in patrols, aerial patrols, etc.).

“There should be increased attention from the citizens – We do not light a fire for any reason” emphasizes the fire brigade.

It is noted that in the battle to deal with forest fires they are almost thrown 200 European firefighters as part of the pre-positioning pilot project that started yesterday Friday.

Firefighters mainly young, up to 30 years old, from 6 countries namely Bulgaria, France, Germany, Norway, Romania and Finland will be based in Athens, Larissa and Tripoli for the months of July and August to assist in extinguishing forest fires with both pedestrian and motorized units.

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