A night of anxiety in Aliveri Evia with a large fire that has been going on since yesterday afternoon in a forest area, in the area of ​​Milaki.

“The picture at the moment is better, it was a difficult agro-forestry fire,” the press representative of the fire department, Yiannis Artophios, told SKAI, underlining that the front of the fire is about 2 to 2.5 kilometers from the settlement of Kalendzi, where many forces have lined up to let the fire not pass.

He also stated that at the moment 107 firefighters with 35 vehicles, 6 groups of pedestrian departments and OTA water carriers are operating. Also, with the first light of day, 1 helicopter and 4 aircraft will operate.

According to Mr. Baker the head of the front is near Prophet Elias on a ridge opposite the settlement of Milaki.
Mr. Artopaios clarified that neither the PPC factory nor the AGET Heraklis factory was in danger and there was no need to evacuate the settlement.

He revealed that a drive-by arrest was made of a 75-year-old man who was “smoking” his bees when the fire broke out.