April 23, 2024

Athens News

News in English from Greece

A fire nightmare for the inhabitants of Corinth

An uncontrolled fire that broke out last night in Shino, in the municipality of Loutraki-Perachora (Corinth), has advanced 7 km and forced the evacuation of 4 settlements.

In the area of ​​the scene there are employees of the arson department and the deputy chief of the fire department, Lieutenant General Yakovos Kleftospyros, who coordinates the efforts of the forces to extinguish the fire.

According to the information available at this hour, Schinos and Agia Sotira were previously evacuated, and then, a few hours ago, Vamvakis and Mavrolimni. The fire reached the Mavrolimni area, spreading 7 km from the place of fire! Houses are on fire in Bafani, according to loutrakiblog.gr, although there is no official information yet.

Throughout the night, 87 firefighters, 28 vehicles, METPE, volunteers from the local population fought the fire. Strong wind makes it difficult to fight the fire, the height of the flame exceeds 30 meters.

The first shots taken with a mobile phone:

He talks about the fire in the news release of OPEN TV:





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