According to the Fire Department, the fire that broke out today shortly before 10.00 in a rural area of ​​Kornofolia in the Municipality of Soufli has been contained.

According to what the head of the forest of Soufli, Gianna Diagakis, told APE-MPE, the fire is not near the settlement of Kornofolia, it is creeping and burning in agricultural lands and ravines, it does not inspire concern and from the first moment of its manifestation there was an immediate response of the fire brigade ground and air forces.

26 firefighters, supported by a group of pedestrians from the 7th EMODE, 9 fire engines, and 3 aircraft and a helicopter are helping to extinguish the fire from the air.

Also, in the effort to contain the fire, OTA project machinery is also participating.

“Thanks to the immediate intervention of the fire department, the fire has almost gone out, there are only small outbreaks,” said the Deputy Governor of Evros, Evangelos Poulilios, speaking to SKAI 100.3.