Today, the autopsies and the control of the buildings in the affected areas continue, by the engineers of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Municipalities
You damaged them in the fire areas of Penteli Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is visiting today, who has ordered that the relief procedures for those affected proceed quickly.
Today, the autopsies and the inspection of the buildings in the affected areas continue, by the engineers of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Municipalities, while yesterday Wednesday, 30 autopsies were carried out in buildings. Of these, 19 concern residences, of which 4 have been deemed suitable for use, 8 temporarily unsuitable and 7 dangerous which will be re-inspected.
7 business premises and warehouses were also checked, of which three were deemed dangerous for use.
Fire department representative on SKAI for Penteli: Two fires started almost at the same time
For two fires that started almost at the same time in Penteli the representative of the fire department, Yiannis Artopioos, spoke to SKAI, in the wake of the Prime Minister’s statement that the possibility of arson cannot be ruled out.
“At the point in Dau Pentelis there is a certain forest patrol car, but we had reports to our investigative offices from the arson department at 5:19 a.m. two fires started almost simultaneously,” he said characteristically, pointing out that all the data is being checked.
“Two fronts started almost simultaneously which troubled us. The patrol car tried to react at first, but the fire spread too quickly due to the very strong wind that directed the fire towards Drafi” said Yiannis Artopaios.
In terms the fire in Megara Mr. Artophios stated that it broke out almost simultaneously after the end of the alarm in Penteli, where it managed to become manageable within the first eight hours, while then three different fires broke out in Salamina.
His staff has been put on alert Fire Brigade and all her powers Civil Protection due to the special conditions that are expected to prevail today and favor the occurrence and expansion of fires, but also due to the very high risk of fire predicted tomorrow in many areas of Central and Southern Greece and in the islands of the Aegean.
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