However, according to the latest update from the Fire Department, the situation has improved on both fire fronts
The fires that broke out on Tuesday in Chios, in the area of Sidirounda, and in Kos, in the area of Portes Antimachia, are raging.
However, according to the latest update from the Fire Department, the situation is improved on both fire frontswhile with the first light of day, the aerial means assist in the extinguishing work.
The picture in Kos, compared to yesterday, is much better, while the intensity of the winds seems to have dropped, the mayor told SKAI Theodosis Nikitaras.
He added that in the morning they will return to the settlement of Kardamena that was evacuated at night, the residents and tourists from hotels that were transferred to Antimachia, and accommodated in a stadium and public buildings.
On Tuesday night the fire was burning in several places while moving towards the beach front. Local media reports that the fire approached houses in the Vasiliki area, however there are no reports of damage.
They were injured during the firefight lightly 6 people, namely 5 firefighters and a private person.
The fire brigade proceeded to arrest a 63-year-old man for the fire that broke out in Chios, who will be taken to the prosecutor within the day.
Firefighters are dealing with small scattered outbreaks in the fire that broke out in low vegetation in the Heraklion Shelter.
Shortly after 7 pm a new message was sent from 112. Those who were in the Kardamena area were asked to move away towards Antimachia.
“Caution” says the fire department
“We emphasize that the danger created by the fires requires everyone’s attention”, stressed the Press Representative of the Fire Brigade, Fire Chief, Vasilios Vathrakogiannis, in the emergency briefing on the forest fires
A total of 51 agroforestry fires broke out in the last 24 hours. 44 of them were dealt with immediately and the fire brigade is currently dealing with 8 more fires. The local investigative offices, as well as units of the Directorate for Combating Arson Crimes (D.A.E.E.) are investigating the causes of the fires.
Source: Skai
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