Evia: The big flower swelled overnight on the Peloponnese Peninsula forced the evacuation of many villages as firefighters who were exhausted fighting throughout Greece for the ninth day on Wednesday.
At Northern Evia, Greece’s second largest island, Flare-UPS remains a major problem for firefighters, who joined volunteers to fight the flame.
In Peloponnese, the flare-up began near Olympia ancient, the first Olympic site, but spread to Gortynia because it was increasingly intensive on Tuesday, burning virgin forests and leading authorities to evacuate 20 villages.
About 580 Greek firefighters assisted by colleagues from France, England, Germany and the Czech Republic were struggling against Blaz in Gortynia.
The fire broke out during the worst Heat wave of Greece in three decades last week, with a temperature of Sarti and dry heat caused a box condition.
In Pefki Seaside Resort at Evia, the owner of the Thrasyvoulos Kotzias, 34 cafeteria, see empty beaches.
“If we don’t have this problem, the beach in Pefki will be full of people.
At this time we only,” he said.
“If the helicopter and air bombing immediately come and operate for six, seven hours, the fire will be issued on the first day,” he said.
A Russian IL-76 air bombing plane that landed in Athens on Tuesday to help in firefighting operations and the other is expected to arrive which will be placed in Thessaloniki.
More than 500 fire burns throughout Greece in the last week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of villages and thousands of people.
“Our climate changes and we need to make a loud choice as a species to avoid the worst,” Astronaut Thomas Pesquet Tweeted from the International Space Station which orbits the Earth.
“My heart comes out for all the affected forest fires and intense heat in the Mediterranean.”
New flare blazes in Greece but ancient Olympia reserve
