- In almost all fire regions in Greece, flames continue to burn with unlimited intensity.
- In Turkey, volunteers support emergency services on the Turkish Riviera.
- A number of forest fires had to be fought in southern Italy in Sicily and Calabria.
- International aid began – including from Switzerland. The three Swiss Helicopters operate in Greece.
In the north of the second largest Greek island of Evia, the situation is catastrophic, according to the mayor of the small town of Istiaia, Yiannis Kotzias: “We are alone. “Our end is near,” he told Greece’s Sky News. Greek Civil Protection Chief Nikos Chardalia spoke in the evening about two major fire fronts in Euboea and a very difficult situation across the country.
The situation in the Peloponnese peninsula got out of hand on Sunday morning. The most dangerous fire broke out there south of the small town of Megalopolis. Another fire broke out from the west of the island near Olympia to the densely forested mountainous Arcadia in the interior of the peninsula.
There is a shortage of firefighting planes
District mayors are demanding more help from the air. They criticized the fact that decision-makers in Athens have deployed more firefighting planes to the Greek capital region over the past two days, which has led to the fires spiraling out of control in the regions.
The situation remained calm in the north of the Greek capital. A radio firefighter said firefighters, volunteers and the military can now put out smaller sources of fire.
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According to the European Forest Fire Information System, 56,000 hectares of land have been burned in Greece in the past 10 days.
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Firefighters from Romania, France, Cyprus, Croatia, Israel, Great Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Egypt, Qatar and Kuwait will participate in the firefighting work over the next few days. Firefighters from Germany are expected to arrive in Athens in the middle of next week.
Swiss aid has begun
Switzerland responded to an international request for help from the Greek authorities and sent three Super Puma military helicopters and 40 military personnel to Athens on Saturday. The first firefighting operations are scheduled to begin from Sunday.
An advance detachment had already traveled to Greece in advance in order to create conditions for the deployment of the helicopter and to ensure coordination with the authorities. This team is made up of members of the Swiss Federal Humanitarian Aid Corps, fire specialists from the Genie/Rescue/ABC Teaching Association and members of the Air Force.
A desperate need for help, emergency services and residents of the affected areas are at the end of their rope after more than a week of continuous work.
In Turkey, in addition to the emergency services, there are also a number of volunteers to contain the fires on the country’s Mediterranean coast. “There are at least 2,000 volunteers in the affected areas,” said civil protection agency spokesman Afad.
There was a fire in the mountains of Köycegiz municipality days ago. It was not necessary to evacuate three villages until Saturday night. According to experts, more than 100,000 hectares of land have been burned throughout the country. In addition to Mugla, Antalya was particularly affected by the fires. The authorities have now given the region very clearly that all fires in Antalya are under control.
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