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A fire broke out in the Feriza area of Keratea, on the border with Lavrio. Two settlements have already been evacuated and houses have also been burned.
Saronikos Mayor Petros Filippou speaking at iefimerida.gr He confirmed that houses have been burned, however, due to the dense smoke from the fire, he cannot yet confirm the number, while he claimed that the Feriza and Olympus settlements have been evacuated.
According to information, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection sent a message via 112 to residents and visitors to the area with evacuation instructions.
A settlement and a boarding school were evacuated
According to information from the Fire Department, shortly before 1:00 p.m., the people were taken from the Feriza settlement, while 30 children were taken from the boarding school, who were transferred to a hotel.
Next to, The Mayor of Saronikos, Petros Filippou, speaking with SKAI, called for an immediate evacuation of the Olympus settlement in Kalivia and, according to the information, the evacuation has started.. “Evacuate immediately! Immediately! We say everything else afterwards,” Mr. Filippou emphasized, explaining that residents are already being advised by loudspeakers to leave their homes, as fire moves at a very high speed. The only good thing, added the mayor, is that there is no forest in the area, but the area is grassland.
It is noted that, as reported in APE-MPE by the press spokesman for the Fire Department, Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, so far there are no reports of burned houses in the Feriza settlement, where the fire has reached.
The Fire Department does not rule out the possibility of damage to gardens and home yards. Police also made traffic arrangements in the area due to the fire.
There are 40 firefighters operating at the site with 16 vehicles, a group of pedestrians, 2 planes and 4 helicopters, with the assistance of volunteers and water carriers.
Information from the Fire Department:
Another fire broke out earlier in an area with dry grass in Megara. However, according to the Fire Department, he was treated immediately and does not inspire concern.
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