Athens: Hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters fought against large forests that destroyed pine forests for the fourth day of the northwestern Thursday of the Greek capital.
API near Vilia Village, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Athens, has burned up to thousands of hectares and caused evacuation orders to be issued for several villages in the area.
Estimates of strong winds for the future can complicate the efforts of firefighters.
The fire department said 427 firefighters, included 143 from Poland, along with 149 vehicles fighting against the fire.
Five aircraft dropped water and five helicopters provided air support, while soldiers sent power and machinery.
Blaze Vilia is the latest of hundreds of fire which has been burned throughout the Greece this month, driven by hot waves – the most severe country in about three decades – dried shrubs and forests.
Brazes has stretched the ability of the country’s firefighters with limits, leading the government to appeal international assistance, including through the EU emergency response system.
About 24 European and Middle East countries responded, sending aircraft, helicopters, vehicles and hundreds of firefighters.
Most of it has been back home.
The cause of the fire has not been officially established, although more than a dozen people have been arrested for being suspected of burning.
Heat and intense forest fires have also reduced other Mediterranean countries.
Firefighters in France worked to load forest fires along the French Riviera on Tuesday, and the recent forest fires had killed at least 75 people in Algeria and 16 in Turkey.
Hacking drought and heat also triggered forest fires in the western United States and in the North Siberian region of Russia.