The Fire and Civil Protection forces battled the flames all night due to the fire that broke out yesterday at noon in Pissona Evia.

At this time, according to the latest update, there are several active scattered outbreaks within the perimeter of the fire.

Water drops have been started by 13 aerial vehicles, four helicopters and nine aircraft, of which 2 are coordinated. As far as the ground forces are concerned, 183 firefighters, 8 infantry teams and 52 vehicles are operating.

The smoke from Evia hid the sun in Attica yesterday afternoon, while this morning there was also a smell of burning.

The Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has gone to Evia, Vassilis Kikilias as well as the leadership of the Fire Department.

During the night, the ground forces together with the forestry service focused east of the settlement of Afrati, creating fire-fighting zones with construction machinery to stop the progress of the fire. “For one night of battle” spoke the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias

“The work we are doing together with all the agencies is the zones. The work that can be done overnight. Safety first, so that we can find a better situation at first light that the aerials will attempt. No one will leave here all night until we do our job.”underlined Mr. Kikilias.

All civil protection forces are coordinated by the OLYMPOS Mobile Operations Center.

In the last 24 hours, 45 new fires broke out and 37 of them were dealt with in the first year, as it became known from the Fire Department. The most difficult of these, as the press representative of the Fire Department, fire chief, Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, said in an emergency briefing, was the fire that broke out in the Pissonas area of ​​Evia, “due to the geomorphology of the ground and the strong winds”.

As he said, “the wind gusts reached 7 Beaufort, while the very low humidity levels constantly created spots and new foci further south of the fire.”

They were issued in total three messages from 112the first for information, the second for the removal of residents from the settlement of Afrati and the third was issued for the removal of the small settlements of Kamari, Kalyvia and Agios Georgios Armas in the direction of Chalkida.

The same image of fire exists in the forest area in the area Sellia Rethymno in his gorge Kotsifou.

And there are scattered active outbreaks within the perimeter of the fire.

With the first light of day, they started dropping water from the air from a helicopter, while 95 firefighters with 6 infantry divisions, 27 vehicles are also working.

The fire department was notified shortly after 12:30 midnight on Wednesday and 91 firefighters rushed to the scene with 6 groups of pedestrians from the 3rd EMODE and 25 vehicles. Subscription by local water bodies.

Shortly before 2 a.m. on Thursday, a message was sent from 112 to the residents of the community of Finikas of the Municipality of Agios Vassiliou in order to be on heightened alert.

It is noted that a very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is predicted today in Attica, Boeotia, Evia, Corinth and Argolis.