The weight is given to the south-west and west part, so as to ensure the black vulture colony.
Better is the image of fire in Dadia Forest burning for the fifth day in a row.
According to the latest information, the northern part of the fire, towards the village and the facilities of the Unit, is progressing well, as it is estimated that the fire zone and its expansion worked effectively.
The northeastern part of the fire, towards the Monastery and the forest nursery, also has a better image, as the zone opened by the forces (loggers and firefighters) around the Monastery worked very well.
The image is also improved in the eastern part, towards Lykofi.
The weight is given to the south-west and west part, so as to ensure the black vulture colony.
Forestry loggers have been working since yesterday, trying to create 2 fire zones, so that ground forces can be placed as a line of defense along with aerial means.
Fire progress on these two fronts is slow.
Optimism is also brought by the fact that the weather changed in the Evros area and it started raining…
He spoke to SKAI about improving the image of the fire the representative of the Fire Department, John the Baker.
At this time, 320 firefighters are operating, with 13 teams of walking departments and 68 vehicles, two aircraft and four helicopters. Support is provided by the General Staff of the National Defense, the Greek Armed Forces, the Forestry Services of Evros, volunteer firefighters, as well as water carriers and OTA project machinery.
The Minister of Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidis, is in Dadia since yesterday, who will have a meeting in the morning with the mayor, the regional governor and deputy governor, the staff team of the Fire Brigade, the Forestry Services, ELAS and the Army.
The ecological devastation in the virgin forest is enormous and will be revealed in its entirety once the flames are extinguished.
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 are many species of rare fauna and flora that have suffered a serious blow to 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.
At the same time, the Deputy Minister of Environment Giorgos Amyras, speaking to SKAI 100.3, emphasized that “the core of the Dadia National Park has been protected where the predators’ nests are”.
He pointed out that the storks have gone out of the forest, but the predators have gone into the forest and are not in danger
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.
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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