The battle of the fire brigades in the big fires of Rhodes and Corfu continues with undiminished intensity.

On the island of the knights the fire rages for the 8th day, causing great damage to properties, hotel units and leaving behind thousands of acres of burnt land. As reported by the fire department, in Rhodes, the flare-ups that occurred mainly on the south-eastern side of the island reached proportions, for this reason three messages were issued by 112 to evacuate the settlements of Vati, Plimmyri and Lachania as well as Gennadi in a safe direction.

The big front was in the villages Malona and Gennady the efforts of the fire brigade and volunteers are focused on being able to prevent the invasion of of firewhile and the two villages have been evacuated.

Earlier, through 112, the residents and visitors in Gennadi, as well as those in Plimmyri and Lachania, were asked to evacuate to Lindos.

The extinguishing is being attempted by 266 firefighters with 16 groups of pedestrians and 55 vehicles, a large number of volunteers and all Civil Protection agencies, while from the first light of day, 9 aircraft and 4 helicopters are periodically spraying water.

The fire in Corfu is near residential areas

In Corfu the front is also raging, close to populated areas. There are many flare-ups in the wider area of ​​the north-eastern side of the island. The flames threatened the settlements of Louches, Imerolia, Syki as well as Apraos Kalamaki and for this reason four messages were issued by 112 for the evacuation of the residents in a safe direction.

Earlier a message was sent to evacuate several areas:

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