The fire that broke out yesterday in Varnavas and spread to northeastern Attica is showing improvement, the Fire Department’s press representative, fire chief Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, said a while ago during an emergency briefing.

Ground forces remain strong and, as he explained, we no longer have a fire front but many active outbreaks, mainly in the wider area of ​​Mount Penteli and Lake Marathon.

Regarding the reports made in the last hour about a missing person, he emphasized that the Operations Center of the Fire Department has not received a call or calls for a similar incident.

The fires that occurred in Ampelia of Farsalon, Politika of Evia, Voni of Heraklion in Crete, Agynara of Pyrgos of Ilia and Rayo of Thesprotia have been controlled, while the fires in Xanthi, Paleopyrgo of Nafpaktia, and Terpsithea of ​​Glyfada are contained.

The number of states that have responded to our country’s request for assistance through the European Civil Protection Mechanism has expanded.

In addition to France, Italy and the Czech Republic, 3 more countries responded to the request by providing forces, namely:
Serbia one helicopter as well as 35 firefighters with 10 vehicles, Romania 44 firefighters with 4 water vehicles and Turkey two aircraft.

It is noted that France, in addition to one helicopter, will also send 200 firefighters with 28 water vehicles.

“We call everyone’s attention as conditions for starting fires remain dangerous not only for tomorrow Tuesday but also for the next few days. A further update will follow for any development.“, he summed up.