All the fires that broke out in the prefecture of Ilia were dealt with, after the “huge and immediate mobilization of the firefighting forces”, as the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, states in his post on “X”, while adding that nine different fires broke out in the prefecture of Ilia within a few hours and with wind gusts of 6-7 Beaufort.

In particular, Mr. Kikilias underlines:

“With wind gusts of 6-7 Beaufort, within a few hours 9 (!) different fires broke out in the prefecture of Ilia. With a huge and immediate mobilization of the firefighting forces, all the fires were dealt with. Especially in the fire that occurred in Geraki Amaliadas, the Civil Protection forces fought hard, while one of our firemen from the 6th Forestry Command Group was seriously injured in the leg. I wish you all the best and I thank all the men and women of the Fire Service for their professionalism and selflessness. As far as the causes of the fires are concerned, the DAEE has been taken over, a section of which has already moved to Ilia”.