No active fire fronts and with the return of the residents of Lefkimmi to their homes closes today in Evros.

The powerful ground and air firefighting forces also made superhuman efforts on this front to keep the settlement unscathed from the fiery blaze that last night approached it within breathing distance. Despite the achievement of the depression of both the last two fronts in Lefkimmi and in a stream north of Soufli and the drop in the intensity of the northeast winds blowing in the area, firefighting forces remain for surveillance and monitoring of the points through which the fire passed in order to deal with possible flare-ups in the first place.

With the flames that had been burning for days in the Prefecture now extinguished and the settlements safe the mayor of Soufli, Panagiotis Kalakikos states to the Athens Agency that we can now talk about a return to normality and from tomorrow for the planning of the following day with a focus on the recovery of the region’s economy through a special development plan to support the professions that have been affected.