Early in the morning at the Nea Makri fire station on the outskirts of Athens, dozens of firefighters gather in front of their fire trucks for the morning roll call. Look closely and you’ll see that most of their uniforms are emblazoned with the word “Pompierii.”
Active fire protection systems will be installed at the sites and the museums of the Ancient Agora and Kerameikos in Athens as part of the Culture Ministry’s program for the holistic promotion of the archaeological sites, budgeted at 6.5 million euros.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday that Greece will provide assistance to Portugal in combating the wildfires that are raging across the country.
Portugal has asked for more firefighting planes as at least 15 blazes raged in central and northern regions, including one that burned houses on the outskirts of the town of Albergaria-a-Velha.
A wildfire broke out on Monday in a mixed-use rural area near the village of Maritsa, located on the west coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes.
A veritable civil war is raging among locals in the regional unit of East Attica centered around Mati and Neos Voutzas, which were devastated by wildfires in 2018.
Premiums for fire insurance increased at a rate of 12.6% in the first half of this year, a result to some extent of the compulsory insurance for all businesses with a turnover of more than 2 million euros, which was instituted at the beginning of the year.
A large fire is burning grassland near hotels in Platanias, Hania, on the island of Crete, prompting an emergency evacuation alert.
The August 11-13 wildfire tore through more than 100 square kilometers of forest and scrubland and scorched the shores of the city’s main water reservoir at Marathon, where an ancient battle inspired the modern distance race.
The Fire Service responded to 38 wildfires across Greece on Monday. Twenty-nine of the fires were quickly contained, while efforts continue to extinguish nine others, with aerial support deployed for seven of them.
Investigators are examining video footage that captures the movements of a 61-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman who were arrested on Monday on suspicion of committing arson in the eastern Attica district of Nea Makri.
Lightning strikes on Friday afternoon sparked 24 fires across the country, the fire service has said.
Two wildfires ignited by lightning Friday afternoon are burning in Kalyvia Thorikou, East Attica.
The intense thunderstorms that hit the island of Evia, central Greece, on Friday morning have caused four fires, the Fire Service said.
The fire service remains skeptical of the eco-militant group’s claims of responsibility for the arson attack on an egg factory in Thessaloniki, as reported by MEGA TV
