For the manipulations of the government in the first crisis since assuming her duties that she was called to manage in relation to the fires, spoke the government representative Pavlos Marinakis on the show “Today” on SKAI.

The government representative he stated that we have not avoided the risk even though the outbreaks have been de-escalated while he noted that the municipalities have been given 25 million euros for the cleaning of forests and plots and have increased for this purpose, means and personnel for the prevention and extinguishing of fires.

In response to the question of whether the municipalities have properly prepared, Mr. Marinakis referred to the Decentralized Directorates that are responsible for controlling the OTAs.

“The money was given earlier than ever, for cleaning the lands and there is more legislative intervention to directly intervene in the cleaning of privately owned plots of land”, he noted and added that despite this, the conditions were difficult as there were 47 outbreaks at the same time that the fire brigade had to manage immediately.

The government spokesman emphasized the fact that there were no human casualties, calling the 112 that evacuated the settlements a victory.

Note that it has been created special direct compensation mechanism, through which those affected will be covered.

He also added that in Saronida a record of the damages has been made and so far they have been characterized 8 houses red and another 20 yellow.

Asked if there are motives behind the fires, such as the installation of wind turbines, Mr. Marinakis emphasized that burned areas are automatically declared recoverable, characterizing these categories “conspiracy theories”.