Fire at Dadia: Battle for the Demarcation of the Southwest Front

In demarcation of the southwest front the efforts of ground forces are focused on the fire at Nannyas the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos, stated in a recent update Stylianides.

Mr. Stylianidis, who is staying for the second day in the area together with the general secretary of Civil Protection, Vasilios Papageorgiou, and staff members of the Fire Brigade, pointed out that the situation was re-evaluated and decisions were made that mainly concern the south-western front, where they will operate new ground forces that will try to “close” the outbreaks.

“So at this moment, the effort being made is very great and the goal is to delimit the area of ​​the south-western front”, noted Mr. Stylianidis while adding that this morning there was a re-evaluation of the situation by the Fire Brigade, with the staff who came from Athens, together with the Armed Forces, the Police, the Region and the Mayor of the area.

The minister spoke of one difficult night with flare-ups in the fire in Dadia and underlined: “A great effort was made by everyone. With proper coordination, preventive organized evacuations of citizens were carried out, mainly people from vulnerable groups with respiratory problems. The movement was done very well and the residents are already in hotels” while he made it clear that this is a difficult battle”.

“It’s a battle to secure the future of this extraordinary ecosystem. After this difficult battle, experts will have to consider the issue of restoring the problems created by the fire. Above all, let’s think about the resilience of this ecosystem for the future”, noted Mr. Stylianides.

“I want to thank everyone who contributes, as the coordination went well last night as well. Warm thanks to all the officers from the Armed Forces and the police, the governor and deputy governors, the mayor, our volunteers and firefighters who made and continue to make a heroic effort, a superhuman effort, to save the forest, to ensure last night that the fire would not enter the village. We achieved it with superhuman efforts. Therefore, our firefighters need recognition. From all of us, because they are fighting a titanic battle in a very difficult area, with difficult terrain and with a very large amount of fuel that leads to flare-ups”, Mr. Stylianidis concluded.

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