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Excellent fire in a forest area in the area of Ason of Vlasi Sofikos in Corinth It erupted in the early hours of Friday.
The fire broke out at 02:50 in the Agios Vlasis Sofikos area in Corinto and signaled an alarm to the Fire Department.
Immediately a command was given and a strong force of 43 firefighters with 15 vehicles and 2 infantry groups rushed to the area and were thrown into the firefighting battle.
As she told him TOPIC 104.6 Corinth mayor Vassilis Nanopoulos evacuated the Elvetika and Korfos settlements and the Agia Marina monastery. In Korfos, in fact, the inhabitants have gone down to the beach.
As he said “the wind is strong and the fire has a front of 4-5 km while it is about 2 km from the town”.
The fire front burns with pine trees and in combination with the strong winds complicates the work of the firefighters.
#Fire in a forest area in the Agios Vlasis Sofikou area, Corinth. 43 were immediately mobilized # firefighters with 2 groups of pedestrians and 15 vehicles.
– Fire Department (@pyrosvestiki) September 4, 2020
It is recalled that the fire department of the entire country has been put on maximum alert since today, according to maps and estimates of Civil Protection, it is characterized as the most dangerous during the summer, for occurrence of fires. Neither more nor less, an estimated 17 counties are in risk category 4 (orange), while several more have been “painted” yellow, meaning the fire hazard is also serious.
Characteristic of the situation is the reaction of the state mechanism, with its successive messages Deputy Minister of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalia, but also the sending of messages from 112, through which the inhabitants of the areas of greatest risk were warned to take special care.
Today, high temperatures and strong winds are forecast, two elements that create the right conditions for fires to break out.
The Regions that are in immediate danger today Friday
According to the Fire Risk Forecast Letter issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection for today Friday, a very high fire risk (risk category 4) is expected in:
- Attica region
- Central Greece Region (Evia Prefecture, Viotia Prefecture)
- Zakynthos region)
- West Greece Region (PE Achaia, PE Ilia)
- Ionian Islands (Corfu prefecture, Kefalonia prefecture, prefecture
- Peloponnese Region (PE Messinia)
- Thessaly Region (Magnesia Prefecture, Sporades Prefecture)
- Central Macedonia Region (Thessaloniki, Halkidiki)
- North Aegean Region (PE Chios, PE Samos, PE Ikaria)
- South Aegean Region (Rhodes Prefecture)
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