The Fire Brigades, along with volunteers in Attica, Euboea, Kythera and Messinia and Chania, were on track all night, trying to deal with the fiery fronts, which opened yesterday by destroying forests and property, while in the first day.
Scattered outbreaks in Drosopigi
In Attica in the fire, which started in the Drosopigi area and expanded to Kryoneri, there is no active front of the fire brigade at this time only fires in the burnt, which the firefighters are trying to control.
220 firefighters with 8 hiking sections and 69 vehicles are operating at the site while water drops carry 2 helicopters.
It is recalled that yesterday afternoon in Kryoneri was delivered to the flames, while in Drosopigi the flames arrived in courtyards.
4 citizens and 1 firefighter were taken to hospitals
By ambulances from EKAB, 4 citizens were decorated at Agia Olga and Evangelismos Hospitals and a firefighter was decorated with burns at 401 Military Hospital. In addition, the Greek Police proceeded with 27 citizens’ release while 110 police were operating at the site.
Due to the fire, ELAS is diverting vehicles at the following points:
- Kryoneri junction at the height of the gas station “ELIN”
- Lefkis Street from the height of Kryoneri Avenue
- Kolokotroni Street from the height of Kryoneri Avenue
- Ionia Street from the height of the Holy Trinity
- Ionia Street from the height of Ag. Dimitriou
Italian subscription is expected with 2 aircraft
It is noted that at the request of Greece to the European Civil Protection Mechanism, Italy’s assistance is expected today with two aircraft.
Euboea: Starting water of water from aerial means
There are ongoing water pouring in the area of Afrati, Euboea, by 6pm – 6 aircraft and 2 helicopters – as efforts continue to reduce a devastating fire.
The weather is improved yesterday, the winds have decreased, and the dense black smoke, which prevented the effective action of the air means yesterday, have been partially dissolved.
With the first water throws focusing on critical points of fire, mainly on the inaccessible area of Afratius, the air means continue the nightly effort of ground forces, which have exploited the recession of the winds to reduce the fire.
The fire broke out yesterday at noon, for an unknown reason, in the area of Pissona, the Municipality of Dirphia-Messapia. The fire spread rapidly, with the front reached the Pissona-Damn-Damn-Frafi triangle, where hundreds of active outbreaks are incinerated by the long fires.
6 injured firefighters
It is recalled that with an ambulance of EKAB yesterday in Chalkida Hospital for a total of 6 firefighters, 2 with burns and 4 with pathological problems. In addition to aerial means and 135 firefighters with 6 forestry groups, 38 vehicles and volunteers with the help of aquifers and project machinery are operated.
Tough battle
Throughout the night firefighters, volunteers, machinery and aquifers fought a fierce battle to reach the front of the fire and limit them. In many cases they managed to gain ground.
“The sadness and the reflection are great,” Euboea Vice-Mayor George Kelaiditis told RES-EIA, adding: “We continue the battle, wishing that the disaster would not be expanded and the firefighters who were injured in the duty.”
Last night, it was possible to create water transport networks at various critical points, which allowed immediate resuscitation and intervention on dangerous fronts. In the area of Afrati, where the situation was difficult, the workshops were able to even reach mountain peaks, utilizing access to quarries in the area, and to protect critical infrastructure, especially the municipal kennel, preventing the expansion of the fire.
There have been multiple resuscitation at night on the western front, from where the fire began, and in the area of Afrati, which were treated in time, thanks to the speed and persistence of the ground forces.
Alert
Although the intensity of the winds has been limited, meteorologists predict that the winds will continue today at the same level, without much reinforcement. However, the area is still in a very high risk of risk, according to the Civil Protection Charter.
Authorities recommend residents to be very careful, both today and in the coming days, as the risk remains high. They also recommend avoiding any activity that may cause new fires, such as agricultural work, burn branches or using sparks.
During the night, coordination meetings were held, with the participation of all the authorities involved, in order to strengthen businesses at critical points on the fronts.
According to official information, more than 40 aquifers have been allocated by the Region, enhancing the efforts of most of the 135 firefighters and the 6 teams of the EMMEs operating in the area. The operation also includes 38 fire trucks and hundreds of volunteers, who continued to fight with flames all night to limit the disaster.
The concern for the report is intensified
Although the eyes remain still focused on the efforts of ground and air forces to limit the fiery front, the first images of the damage evaluation are nightmarish.
While fire and support forces continue the battle with the high fire in the area, residents and local agencies are anxious for the final assessment.
The flames have had thousands of acres of forest, burning what was left of last year’s fires. At the same time, thousands of stable animals were lost as the fire invaded rural and livestock facilities, scattered in the affected area. There were a few cases where firefighters were in danger of being trapped in flames, trying to rescue what they could.
According to preliminary estimates at night, losses are not limited to livestock. Disasters have also suffered local businesses and crops, with people of the labor seeing the hardships of a life lost in flames.
From dawn, DEDDIE’s workshops began work on the restoration of serious damage to the electricity grid, in an attempt to restore power to areas that remain in the dark yesterday.
There are a few villages that have serious problems in water supply as well, as the long -term power outage has shut down pumping complexes, resulting in the supply holidays being continuous and extensive.
Messinia: Front over the village of Aetos
The battle with flames and Polythea Messinia continues, where there were several rejuvenation during the night. The site is operated by 100 firefighters with 5 forestry groups, 30 vehicles and volunteers with the help of aquifers and project machinery while the ground forces are assisted by 2 aircraft and a helicopter.
“At the moment there is a front over the village of Aetos that moves south without threatening it”Lambros Tzoumis, Peloponnese Civil Protection Officer, said on Sunday morning on Sunday morning.
He stressed that the winds are currently cut.
It is noted that an elderly man with motor and respiratory problems was decorated yesterday by ambulance at Kalamata General Hospital.
Fire in Kythera in progress
There is a fire that broke out on Saturday morning at Pitsinades in Kythera and took dimensions due to strong winds blowing in the area. It is attempted to extinguish 67 firefighters with 2 forestry groups, 22 vehicles and volunteers and shortly before 7am they started operating 2 aircraft and one helicopter.
It is noted that in 139 release of citizens from Kythera the Coast Guard proceeded yesterday.
Downloads in Chania: Burned houses – without electricity some areas
In addition, efforts to extinguish the multitude of fire in Chania that occurred yesterday afternoon in the area of Temenia in the municipality of Kantanos and Selinos are in full swing.
The fire is limited, but it still wants work to be fully controlled and erased.
Over 200 firefighters with 40 vehicles, units, fought overnight with flames.
Wind intensity has declined, but there are still gusts that make the firefighting work difficult, the RES-EIA has informed the Coordinating Center.
Two helicopters assist the ground forces, while residents of villages, settlements and the wider area give their own struggle to save what they could from their threatened property and are still threatened.
Full picture of the disaster is not even the Seven settlements that were evacuated yesterday are on alert.
The flames caused the destruction of four houses and churchs, while vehicles, olive groves, hives, sheep and goats were also burned and sheeps were destroyed.
The areas of Temenia, Prodromi, Boats, Anhydrous, Asfendilian, Ahladia, St. John, the Paleochora mountains, Armos, Azogyrous, are areas that define the front of the fire.
Electricity and telecommunications have been interrupted in some areas due to disasters in networks. At the Paleochora School Unit, the high school building hosts residents who had to leave their homes, while these forces are assisted by project machinery and aquifers and individuals and individuals.
Rural and forest land and civil protection commander George Tsapakos told the EIA that small outbreaks that still exist are dangerous, there may be serious resuscitation.
Later today, checks will be made and there will be the first disaster report. Firefighters remain on the fronts, fight where there are flames, in a very difficult morphological area.
Very high risk of fire in 11 regions of the country today
It is noted that for today Sunday, July 27, 2025, there is a very high risk of fire in 11 regions of the country and specifically in the following areas:
- Ionian Islands
- Region of Western Greece
- Peloponnese
- Region of Central Greece
- Attica
- Epirus District
- Region of Western Macedonia (IP Florina, Kastoria IP, IP Kozani)
- Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (IP Evros)
- Region of Thessaly (Magnesia, IP of Larissa, PE Trikala)
- South Aegean Region (Rhodes)
- Region of Crete
Source: Skai
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