John Kefalogiannis launched a frontal attack on Patras Mayor Konstantinos Peletidis In the shadow of the big fires in Achaia. “The Municipality of Patras was inferior to the circumstances,” he said, responding to the mayor’s complaints, who said yesterday that those who ignored his 112 messages were the ones who rescued his possessions, while at the same time struck the central state for his operation.

Specifically, Mr. Peletidis, speaking on a radio station yesterday, said that the fires should be done much more by saying that “we cannot say” I got the signal and it’s over “.” Mr Peletidis also attacked the government yesterday, on the occasion of hospital preventive evacuations, saying: “Karamandanio is evacuated, as well as Constantopoulos and our areas are all evacuated. The point is how we got to this point, the whole city to burn, to beg them to have the firefighters needed to tackle the fire and not to have them. Unfortunately, as a result, it turns out that our city burns from their inadequacy. “

At the same time, for the water supply problems, the Municipality of Patras, yesterday, on his facebook page, announced a statement by the president of the Municipal Water Company of the area (DEYAP), who said that the fires are responsible for the … bourgeois parties.

In this climate, Yiannis Kefalogiannis. Attacked to Mayor Patras, he noted: “The Municipality of Patras was inferior to the circumstances. In the field of prevention we have seen many gross plots, in the effort to extinguish a little assistance, and in the protection of human life I heard the Mayor Mr. Peletidis encourage citizens not to implement the instructions of 112 which I consider to be criminal and dangerous to public security. “ The minister complained.

Mr. Kefalogiannis reported Caomi that in recent days they have been burned over 100,000 acres, While noting that there were malicious actions, as some wanted the fire to get into Patras. “We will not allow any challenge to 112”the Minister of Climate Crisis pointed out, and also referred to the increased number of firefighters.

In addition, he recalled that there are now increased penalties for arson. Finally, he also referred to the fake news released, such as Rumors of a dead, destruction of the Industrialist Patras and fire in the urban fabric.

Mr Peletidis’ post on Facebook:

In detail the statement by G. Kefalogiannis

“Good evening,

To thank the women and men of the Fire Department, the volunteer firefighters and the volunteers of civil protection, the Armed Forces, the Greek Police, the Coast Guard, the Local Government, the EKAB and all those who have given the last 24 times.

The state to side -to -end state mechanism was called upon to manage hundreds of fronts throughout Greece.

We are currently undergoing the second most difficult summer based on pyrbetic conditions in terms of fires.

This results in severe fires with great difficulty dealing with them throughout the Mediterranean as we saw in Spain, Italy, Croatia, Albania, France, Turkey.

The weather is particularly unfavorable: the atmosphere remains dry since the previous Thursday, temperatures are very high and the winds blow stormy with puffs reaching up to 9 beaufort.

So far we have had 6 days with a red alarm and 29 days with a very high risk of fire. In such conditions, even a spark is enough to break out uncontrolled fire.

It is a time of weather and geographical factors that allow no room for complacency.

Monday and Tuesday there were more than 150 new farm fires across the country

We were particularly concerned with multiple fronts in Western Greece, which demanded the dispersion of forces to deal with them. On average, the Fire Brigade is required to manage about 40 fires per day, with the number of more than 70 daily.

Of these, the fires were large in Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Philippiada, Achaia, Arta, Preveza, Vonitsa, Aetoliko and Chios.

With the data from the Copernicus system so far, the affected areas for Zakynthos, Achaia, Chios and Philippiada reach 100,000 acres with a very small percentage of burnt forest.

In Achaia specifically, the first fire occurred in the area of Isoma, where the causes are being investigated. There were initiations in Demenika and Platani, which were addressed immediately as well as in the Diachna, and we had an attempt in the Vundeni area.

There are clear evidence to evidence of malicious actions that led to these fires.

Unfortunately it seemed that some wanted the fire to get into Patras, with devastating consequences, at the same time that the main fire forces were operating on the western front.

At this point, I would like to warmly thank the firefighters, the volunteer firefighters and the civil protection, the region, the Greek Police and the Coast Guard who prevented these plans. The climate crisis itself requires a radical change of doctrine on the part of everyone and we do it. But we will in no way tolerate anyone who puts human lives, property and natural environment at extreme danger. In this context, the efforts of the central state are not enough. We all need to change behavior and invest in prevention. I am very sorry but the Municipality of Patras was inferior to the circumstances at all levels. In the field of prevention we have seen many gross plots, in the effort to extinguish a little help and the protection of human life I heard the Mayor Mr. Peletidis encourage citizens not to implement the instructions of 112, which I consider to be criminal and dangerous to public security.

This is not a responsible behavior by the Mayor of the third largest city in the country. It is a hypocritical attitude on the one hand to request the issuance of 112 times by the Municipality of Patras, of which 8 of the mayor himself and on the other hand, Mr. Peletidis to urges the citizens not to apply his or her own commands.

We have lived the eye and will not allow anyone to question the 112 that literally saves lives.

To those who also dispute the government’s investment in civil protection and the Fire Brigade I want to remember the following:

This year the Fire Brigade has the historically higher staff number. They serve over 18,000 men and women, including 2,500 seasonal firefighters, a number increased by 4,000 compared to 2019 and 21 groups, the well -known forestry, 1500 in the number specializing in forestry businesses.

The hiring of 137 forestry launchers is underway and there will be a hiring of 150 firefighters under the term.

Greece, according to Eurostat data, has the 3rd highest per capita number of firefighters in Europe.

In recent years, cleaning and creating fire zones have been implemented in forests and in suburban areas exceeding 600 million euros through Antinero programs. For 2025 only 210 million works have been announced for interventions in 240,000 acres of forest land. In addition, the Municipalities received 40 million financial support for civil protection, exactly what they have requested through the unanimous decision of the KEDE Board of Directors, whose member is also a member of Mr. Peletidis.

This year twice as high as drones, on a 24 -hour basis, on a 24 -hour basis, and the doctrine of the Air Surveillance is applied last year.

In the autumn, we receive three new surveillance aircraft through the AEGIS program, totaling € 2.1 billion.

In terms of equipment, we recently received 164 new fire trucks from the total planning of 1,400 under the AEGIS program, which concerns the complete modernization of Civil Protection.

As a government we were the first to emphasize the importance of the individual responsibility we all have in the field of prevention, applying the compulsory cleaning measure.

At the same time, we have made major changes to the Criminal Code by tightening the penalties for acts of negligence or deception that cause natural disasters, which are now punished by years of imprisonment.

Currently in Achaia there are scales of the General Secretariat for the Rehabilitation of Natural Disasters and State Relief in the municipalities of Aktio-Vonitsa, Patras and West Achaia. On Saturday, autopsies will begin in the Municipalities of Ziros and Artaea, which will be completed by the beginning of next week.

In addition, on Monday he will go to Patras a government step led by Interior Minister Theodoris Livanos, who will chair a wide meeting with the participation of local bodies.

The exemption from the Single Property Tax (ENFIA) for three (3) years for property owners who have suffered serious damage or total destruction has already been announced. I am referring to areas affected by fires from June 2025 to the present day and have officially been declared a state of civil protection emergency by decision of the Secretary General of Civil Protection.

Finally, I would like to refer to a series of fake news that unfortunately were released while our firefighters gave us a titanic battle to protect lives, property and natural environment.

There is no dead in Achaia as mentioned in a live broadcast by a television station.

The industrial area of Patras was not destroyed. There have been damage to an abandoned factory and a business storage space.

The Karamandanio Pediatric Hospital did not catch fire.

No 30 people were trapped in the area of Philippiada.

And recognizing how shocking it is to see the fire from your home, not the fire did not enter the urban fabric of Patras.

The climate crisis is here. The conditions have changed and our country in recent years has greatly upgraded the potential of civil protection and especially the Fire Brigade.

Our Civil Protection concerns all: central state, local government and civil society.

We will be with anyone who has been affected.

In closing, I would like to reiterate once again that we are in the middle of the most difficult point of the fire season and we should all show the maximum degree of attention. “