“Our worst enemy is wind speed. Everyone was surprised when the wind turned (yesterday), the fire was traveling at breakneck speed, and we rushed to activate 112,” said Yiannis Artopairos.
“The fire is in a very good shapebut we reserve the right, because yesterday we had very strong gusts of wind,” the representative of the fire department told SKAI John Baker, even mentioning that in the early morning the fire traveled 6 kilometers in 10 minutes, reaching outside the Children’s Hospital in Penteli.
“We are trying to limit the fire, step by step to deal with all the outbreaks” noted the representative of the fire department.
The population that left thanks to organized removal is approx at 85,000 to 90,000 he even stated.
“Our worst enemy is wind speed. Everyone was surprised with the turn of the wind (yesterday) the fire was traveling at breakneck speed, and we rushed to activate 112,” he said.
“The wind speed last night reached up to 11 Beaufort, characteristically I should mention that at dawn, 4.50 in the morning, the wind speed reached 113 kilometers per hour, is equivalent to 11 Beaufort, outside the Penteli Children’s Hospital, and this is indicative of the prevailing situation. It was a very difficult operation.”
“While we had a different picture of how the fire was moving, there was a big swirl, a turning of the wind. We had concentrated our efforts on Drafi, Anthousa, Dioni and the fire made a sharp turn towards the hospital, we expected the fire to arrive in 45 minutes – 1 hour, arrived in 10 minutes and a quarter at the door of Children’s Pentelis, a distance of 6-7 kilometers from Dioni” said Mr. Artopioos.
Between Dioni and Dasamario the main front
Between Dionis and Dasamariou is the main front of the fire, according to the latest update from the Fire Department.
A new map with all the active fronts was released by the representative of the Fire Department John the Baker as part of the update on the fire in Penteli.
There are 14 active fronts. To the east, on the borders of the Dioni and Dasamari regions, a small front is developing west of Drafi, there are scattered foci in Anthousa, while there are forces along Marathon Avenue.
To the east, on the borders of the Dioni and Dasamari areas, up to Marathon Avenue, there is an active front depicted on the map.
Powerful firefighting forces are working to contain it. A small front develops west of Drafi settlement and we face scattered outbreaks in the area of ​​Anthousa. Forces have also been deployed along Marathon Avenue to contain the fire in its northern part.
On the north northwest and west sides of the fire perimeter, the situation is improving and there is no active front.
They operate 485 firefighters, with 28 teams of walking departments and 120 vehicles. The Romanian firefighters also remain in the field. The OLYMPOS mobile operations center has been made available for the coordination of forces, while the image of the fire is constantly available from drones deployed by the Fire Brigade. For aerial firefighting, 5 aircraft and 4 helicopters are already operating, one of which is for aerial coordination, while another 4 aircraft and 3 helicopters have been mobilized.
The assistance of numerous officers of the General Staff of National Defense, the Forestry Service, the EKAV, local agencies and ELAS, which has 626 police officers with 232 vehicles, mainly to facilitate the safe movement of citizens, their removal to a safe place and the safeguarding their property.
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