Greece’s Fireplace Service has intensified water drops west of Athens the place an enormous blaze was contained in a single day, as authorities brace for a brand new spherical of utmost climate
A common view of burnt forests on the mountains in Mandra, west of Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Wildfire evacuations have continued for a 3rd day exterior the Greek Capital as a second warmth wave hit the Mediterranean nation from the west after days of record-high temperatures baked southern Europe. (AP Photograph/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Fireplace Service intensified water drops west of Athens the place an enormous blaze was contained in a single day, as authorities braced Thursday for a brand new spherical of utmost climate.
Seven firefighting planes and 9 helicopters had been working within the space, together with 4 planes despatched from Italy and France as a part of a European Union help mechanism.
Searing warmth throughout Europe’s Mediterranean south has maintained a excessive or very excessive threat of fires in Spain, Italy and Greece.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated the Fireplace Service and civil safety authority will stay on alert as a brand new heatwave moved eastward throughout Greece that’s anticipated to push temperatures to 45 levels Celsius (113F) Sunday.
“The laborious occasions are clearly not over but,” Mitsotakis stated. “We face one other heatwave and a attainable strengthening of the winds. So, absolute vigilance and absolute readiness are required over the following few days.”
A state of emergency was declared Thursday on the island of Rhodes, the place evacuation orders had been issued for a number of mountain areas.
