Sub particularly adverse weather conditionsbecause of strong winds that blow, the battle is fought for her extinguishing the fire on the island of Rhodes.

Shortly after 18:00 a new message was sent from 112 for its evacuation of Kalathos settlement in the direction of Kolymbia. At the same time, in Karystos, the flames reached the village of Platanistos, while according to information, a 41-year-old livestock farmer is missing in the same area.

Three remain the active fronts in which firefighters and volunteers fight to contain them, while the revivals presented in various regions make the extinguishing task even more difficult.

In particular, on the front of Platania to Malona, the fire is heading towards the village at high speed and with several fronts in the area as well efforts are being made to prevent its destructive course towards the village. Earlier, the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection announced the evacuation of the villages of Malona and Massaro in the direction of the village Archangel.

Message from 112 however, it was sent around 11:00 to the residents of the Gennadi and Vati areas to evacuate to Kiotari. The fire in the area of ​​Gennadi and Vati it is still currently burning continuously and the battle is fought in two places: down the river and on the upper side, about three kilometers from the village of Vati. And on this front, the forest firefighting forces are overdoing themselves in order to prevent the fire from escaping to the two villages of Gennadi and Vati.

At Asklepeio the fiery blaze on its way through the village caused damage to at least ten houseswith a rough estimate, as the battle continues there due to the constant flare-ups.

In Laerma, village which has also suffered serious damage from the fire, there are also several serious flare-ups there. In fact, a while ago, another house was in danger, which fortunately was saved with the help of water jets and the significant assistance of the fire brigade and volunteers. At this time the flare-ups continue around the village, as well as in other areas.

The winds that blow on the island and in the area of ​​the fire all seven Beauforts arrivewhich causes particular concern for the progress of the fire on all fronts.

The fire is raging in Karystos

The situation in Karystos is also difficult. At 15:30 it was sent message from 112 for evacuation in the Agioi area as wellwhence the inhabitants they are asked to move to Karystos. There had been a previous message from 112 to the residents of the Platanistos area inviting them to evacuate the settlement and head towards Karystos.

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