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Spanish experts submit Evros fire recommendations
The recommendations include the redesign of the network of fire zones in the area of Soufli, the Dadia forest and Alexandroupoli
The recommendations include the redesign of the network of fire zones in the area of Soufli, the Dadia forest and Alexandroupoli
The president referred to the natural wealth of the area which is at risk and underlined that it is now even more necessary to support the region.
Fire-fighters and volunteers on Friday attempted to block flames from reaching the border town of Soufli.
A total of 44 new forest fires broke out on Thursday while the firefighting forces were battling 81 fires throughout the country.
There is a forecast for rains across Greece next week, except in Evros, where the fire is burning for the 14th day in a row!
A total of 68 fires were burning in Greece on Thursday, with 32 of those breaking out in the last 24 hours. Most of the new fires were dealt with quickly as soon as they broke out, the Fire Brigade said in an update on Thursday evening.
Skylakakis also said that the most important issue were the works to prevent flooding and soil erosion, which would start immediately in affected drainage basins.
In Rodopi, firefighters dealt with rekindlings in Kassitera and Kirki, with the help of 36 firefighters and 5 fire trucks from Bulgaria.
The team is also accompanied by Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triandopoulos, together with the Deputy Minister of Macedonia-Thrace Stathis Konstantinidis and the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food Stavros Keletsis.
Black landscape and emptiness – “the largest fire ever recorded in EU”, turned Evros into a gloomy desert.The 57-second drone footage shows the unprecedented destruction on the eighth day of the fiery tragedy.
Currently there is a large front in the forest of Kirki , in Plaka, and in the former settlement of Amfithea.
Miltos Deligiorgis is depicted in this photo as one of the dozens of firefighters on the fire fronts that broke out in Aristinos and Itea of Evros.