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Fires: The fire fronts in the country – The areas at high risk today

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Meteorologists expect gusts of 7 and 8 Beaufort in Lesbos, Chios, Samothraki, Limnos, Sporades and Dodecanese where there is a great risk of fire, while we will also have strong north winds in southern Evia, Cyclades, southern Crete, but also in Pelion, parts of Fthiotida , Boeotia in Attica and parts of Corinth, Laconia and Argolis”.

He is on alert fire Department today Thursday, as the heat, combined with strong north winds, increase the risk of fire in many areas of the country, while there are still fire fronts in Dadia, Lesvos and Grevena.

A fire broke out at dawn in low vegetation in the area Vrachasi Lasithiou. According to the fire department, it is close to the settlement without threatening it, strong ground forces are operating and it is expected to be brought under control soon. They operate 35 firefighters with three groups of pedestrian departments, 7 vehicles and assistance from water tankers of the local government.

The northern front of the fire remains active Lesvos. It is in an inaccessible area and does not threaten residential areas. Regarding the rekindling of the fire that occurred yesterday on the island and led to preventive evacuation of the village of Vrisathe press representative of the Fire Brigade, Yiannis Artopioos, said that it has been delimited in most of it.

For the eighth day the fire burns in her forest Nanny in Evros, causing according to the experts one of the biggest ecological disasters that have existed in Greece. According to the fire department, the picture is better on the south and south-west front, while in the rest of the area, there are scattered small outbreaks.

The fire in a forest area, in the area of ​​Tsakatoura, in Grevena, has also been ongoing since Saturday threatening the Valia Kalda ecosystem.

very high, category 4, the risk of fire in Attica, Evia, Boeotia, Argolis, Corinthia Arcadia, Fthiotida, Evros and the islands of the Northern Aegean is predicted for Thursday, according to the fire risk prediction map of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection.

It is noted that meteorologists expect gusts 7 and 8 Beaufort in Lesvos, Chios, Samothraki, Lemnos, Sporades and Dodecanese where there is a great risk of fire, while we will have strong north winds in southern Evia, Cyclades, southern Crete, but also in Pelion, parts of Fthiotida, Boeotia in Attica and parts of Corinth, Laconia and Argolida”.

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