Without an active front, the fire in Rethymnon, which for three days burned thousands of acres of grassland, crops, olive groves, vineyards, water supply and irrigation networks, as well as a large number of OTE and PPC poles.

On the front lines of the fire remains the whole of the firefighting forces of Crete, as well as the 85 forest commanders who traveled with the aim of strengthening the work of their colleagues.

Today, throughout the day, 23 aerial firefighting vehicles were in Crete and according to the coordination, they carried out flights to throw water in groups of 6 and in rotation.

The participation of the aerial means in the fire in Amari, according to the lieutenant general of the PS Giorgos Markoulakis, was still effective today with canaders, airtractors and helicopters achieving complete extinguishment in very dangerous fronts. This, he said, greatly facilitated the work of the firefighters, who had to be inside the hearths to attend to and extinguish the smoke-producing fields or the points of rekindling.

The deputy governor of Civil Protection Giorgos Tsapakos, referred to the participation in the extinguishing of all the volunteer groups, the citizens who, with regional and private water pipes, managed to stop the progress of the fire on roads so that the flames did not pass to the opposite side.

“Also important was the presence of the Red Cross and Smile of the Child, who took care of our firefighters with water and other supplies, while Smile of the Child provided an ambulance that was on the front of the fire“.

More than three hundred firefighters will remain tonight in the fire-affected areas, according to the order of the Minister of Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilia, who last Thursday night was at the front of the fire in Platanos Amarios.

According to an update from the Coordinator, 60 water tankers of the PY along with dozens of water tankers from both the municipality and the region and private individuals, are continuing their efforts to fully extinguish, mainly the smoldering olive trees.

The regional governor of Crete, Stavros Arnautakis, spoke about difficult hours and days, who praised the work of the firefighters who, as he said, gave their all to prevent people and property, houses and warehouses from burning. “However, there are major damages that we will see from the next day.

This is a great loss for the region and we will see how we can give the world a breather. But we will discuss all this in a week, starting with the declaration of the municipality of Amari in a fire-affected area”.

The mayor of Amario Pantelis Mourtzanos, seeing today that the situation is coming to an end, spoke about the time that must be gained and the quick and immediate ways to heal wounds. “From a fire with enormous risk and many disasters due to which everyday life in Amari will become much more difficult. We as a municipal authority will have to manage it and we will ask for the immediate support of the state”.

At this time, small fires are extinguished immediately, by the firefighters, which mainly come from rekindling. The wind has died down quite a bit.