Hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday had been nonetheless attempting to place out wildfires which have been raging alongside the Greek-Turkish border for 11 days.
Some 475 firefighters had been at work, utilizing six fire-fighting planes and 4 helicopters.
They are additionally now utilizing a transformed Leopard battle tank, introduced specifically to the area from central Greece, Skai news confirmed. The tank, with capability for 15,000 litres of water, was additionally kitted out with a shovel for tough terrain and a rescue chamber for 10 individuals.
Moderate winds had been nonetheless fanning the flames within the area, rekindling the fires in lots of locations.
The compensation course of has additionally begun for native residents, based on news channel ERTNews.
Wildfires are additionally nonetheless raging within the Parnitha mountains north-west of Athens and on the islands of Andros and Euboea.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was resulting from lead a disaster assembly about firefighting and reforestation within the area in a while Tuesday.
Greece’s parliament can also be planning to debate the extreme fires subsequent Thursday.
A “high” warning for the hazard of forest fires continues to be in place for a lot of components of Greece, issued by the Civil Defence. The alert covers a lot of the Peloponnese peninsula, the Attica area round Athens, the Cyclades islands and Crete.
The fireplace brigade, police and navy are patrolling these areas by floor and air, to try to spot new fires as early as attainable, Kathimerini newspaper reported.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
