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EUROKINISSI / PAPADOPOULOS VASILIS) (EUROKINISSI / PAPADOPOULOS VASILIS
According to the Fire Department, the fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in Mycenae, which passed through the archaeological site and burned part of it, was partially controlled.
At around 9 p.m., the Fire Department announced that significant forces with 56 firefighters, with two infantry units and 17 vehicles, will remain in the area throughout the night, trying to extinguish the fire completely, but also to avoid possible re-ignitions. .
Previously, four planes and two helicopters assisted in the firefighting operation, but when night fell they were unable to continue operating.
Meanwhile, for precautionary reasons, visitors and employees were removed at noon.
The Ministry of Culture, making a first assessment of the damage caused by the fire, announced that “the fire did not cause damage to antiquities, insofar as it can be diagnosed from the accessibility to the affected parts of the archaeological site up to the moment”.
Spikes by G. Ragousis
The head of the SYRIZA Civil Protection Department, Giannis Ragousis, raises questions about the Fire Brigade, which implies delays in strengthening forces in the area.
Mr. Ragousis’s statement in detail: “The fire in Mycenae, which also struck the archaeological site that runs through it, causes deep pain and concern to all Greek men and women.
However, at the same time, the fact that a disaster of such magnitude has occurred raises serious questions, given that it is mainly an agroforestry area with little vegetation.
Questions that become even more intense after the information from the Fire Brigade with a message on Twitter, at 6:20 p.m., that there was a reinforcement of the Fire Brigade, but a few hours after the fire.
