Her current fire status that are burning areas of the country, described with his latest update the press representative of the Fire Department, Mr. John Baker.

His statements in detail:

“The battle on the front lines of the fires continues by all Civil Protection forces, mainly in Western Attica and Rhodes, and all agencies are making every possible effort in the field to contain them.

The forest fire that broke out in the white soil of Laconia is in remission. They operate 52 firefighters, three groups of pedestrian departments, 15 water vehicles, while they operated four aircraft and two helicopters. In the afternoon today, a man was arrested in Messinia, who confessed to three different fires. He is currently being held and will be brought before the prosecutor tomorrow.

Taking into account the extremely urgent need to deal with the risk of fires throughout the territory due to the extreme weather conditions that are expected to prevail in the next period of time, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection recommended to the regions of the country to take decisions on additional bans on passage, stay and traffic in forests and forested areas of areas where the risk of fire is in category 3, 4 and 5.

Ladies and gentlemen, extreme conditions are expected to prevail tomorrow. We all remain on guard.”