The night was very difficult for the fire fronts that are burning in different parts of the country, with the main one being that of Alexandroupoli, where the flames reached earlier the premises of the city’s General Hospital, which was evacuated.

90 of the 204 patients of the hospital have been transferred to the passenger-vehicle ferry “Adamantios Korais” with the rest having already been transferred to other hospitals.

Also, the nursing home located west of the city of Alexandroupolis, behind the hospital, was also evacuated. The approximately 65 elderly people were transferred to structures of the municipality and the church, as reported by the vice-mayor of Alexandroupoli, Ilias Gasteridis, speaking to SKAI.

Ashes are falling from the sky, it’s like it’s snowing, said Mr. Gasteridis, describing the situation,

During the night, the residents of the settlements were ordered to evacuate to Alexandroupoli via 112 Plate, Mattock, Long, New Chile, Olive grove, Fir, Pine and Saint George.

Meanwhile, in the fire burning in the forest of Dadia yesterday a dead man was found, who is probably a migrant. The unfortunate man was found by an employee of the Forestry Department of Soufli, at a point where the fire that broke out at noon yesterday in the National Park of Dadia – Lefkimi – Soufli had passed.

The young man died of asphyxiation.

The front of the Rhodopes

Firefighters and residents are fighting the flames in Rodopi as well.

The fire is very close to the settlement of Iasmos, where residents were ordered to be ready to evacuate late last night via 112.

The fire in Rodopi started at noon yesterday from the village of Mischos and then passed through the villages of Sostis, Polyanthos and Linos, where it destroyed houses.

In full progress is the large fire that broke out early yesterday afternoon, in the wider area of ​​the municipality of Nestos, in I’m riding. The flare-ups are constant. The fire is burning mainly grassland and crops in the villages of Neo Xeria, Geronta, Avramylia and Dialekto, while livestock units and houses were burnt.

Two firefighters suffered burns yesterday while extinguishing the fire and were taken to the hospital, while a fire truck suffered serious material damage.

A fire is also raging in Euboea, where southern Psachna and northern Artaki were evacuated yesterday via 112. So far, the information speaks of damage to crops and some business facilities.

On her fiery front Boeotiathrough 112, the settlements of Tarsos, Karyoti, Agios Athanasios and Panagia Kalamiotissa were evacuated.

In Kythnosand in the fire raging on the island, the accommodations at “Skylos” Beach were evacuated through 112, while 20 people had to be rescued from the area, by private boats.