The fight to put out is made even more difficult as the front of the fire is constantly changing depending on the direction of the wind.
With the first light of the day, the aerial means of dropping water started to deal with the big fire that has been burning for the fifth consecutive day in the forest of Dadia, in Evros.
The fight to put out is made even more difficult as the front of the fire is constantly changing depending on the direction of the wind.
However, today the picture of the fire is better giving hope for its treatment.
The ecological disaster in Virgin forest it is huge and will be revealed in its entirety once the flames are out.
The forest is a refuge for 205 species of rare birds, some of which have their only colony there in the Balkans. Also, in this forest they are many species of rare fauna and flora that have suffered a severe blow in their ecosystem.
The bird feeders have burned to the ground and they have migrated to more lowland areas, while the deer have moved towards Pomakochoria to escape the flames.
Last night, at 8:45 a second message was sent by 112 to the residents to evacuate towards Soufli and Giannouli.
The village of Dadia is not threatened, as the fire turned towards the National Highway since yesterday.
The fire also surrounded the Holy Monastery of Theotokos in Dadia, which was immediately evacuated. In the end, the fire did not enter the monastery, after a large operation set up by the authorities.
Speaking to APE-MPE yesterday, the head of the Alexandroupolis Forestry Office, Giorgos Pistolas, who together with his colleagues from the neighboring Soufli forest offices and members of forestry cooperatives are in the area in order to contribute to logging and the creation of fire protection zones, states that a little before 21:00 the fire, due to the strong wind, crossed the fire zone south of the Information Center of the National Park Management Unit, threatening the Center which has been evacuated, while the mobile operational center of the Fire Service has also been removed from the scene Service “Olympus”.
Describing the picture presented by the fire tonight, Mr. Pistolas typically states: “What we are called to face after noon are three active and large fronts. One moves north towards the area of ​​the monastery of Dadia and the forest nursery. A fire zone has been created around the monastery, which has been evacuated, for its protection. Based on the data so far, the assessment is that the specific front will be controlled or extinguished in the next few days, possibly even tomorrow. The issue is the other two fronts. One is south towards the Lyra Dam just above where the fire started, in an area where firefighting helicopters were also operating with water drops, north of the dam. The largest front is in the western part of the forest, where loggers are working to create a new fire zone that will allow ground firefighting forces to approach the fire front. This particular point is particularly important because if the fire passes through it, the nests of the black vulture are threatened.”
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