23 professional firefighters and three volunteers have been injured in several forest fires that have been raging in Greece since last Sunday.
Three firefighters are hospitalized with burns, 20 remain in the hospital with respiratory problems.
One firefighter lost consciousness Wednesday while fighting a fire near Megara in western Attica. His colleagues, police officers and volunteers rushed to him, and a local resident brought a pillow. He was taken to a hospital in Athens by ambulance.
According to a Mega TV correspondent who was at the scene, “there was a strong wind, a suffocating atmosphere from smoke, and the firefighters were without masks!”
👉Στην ώρα της υπεροπροσπάθειας στο χωριό Κανδήλι στην περιοχή της Νέας Περάμου, όπου Πυροσβέστες, εθελοντές και κάτοικοι έκαναν υπερπροσπάθεια να κρατήσουν τις φλόγες, ένας Πυροσβέστης κατέρρευσε πέφτοντας λιπόθυμος στο έδαφος δίπλα στο πυροσβεστικό όχημα!#φωτια #πυρκαγιά pic.twitter.com/0eozzjD1YQ
— Καθίκι (@KYTKYTKYTKYTKYT) July 19, 2023
Three volunteer firefighters suffered eye injuries while fighting blazes in eastern Attica on Monday, the civil protection department of the municipality of Saronicos said.
The fire department released a video of the hard struggle of firefighters in recent days under the slogan “We continue …”.
🚒🚒🚒 Συνεχίζουμε… 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/WPOdamEvIE
— Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα (@pyrosvestiki) July 19, 2023
While the firefighters continue to work, fires raging and flaring up all over the country, and the Civil Protection continues to send messages to <112> ordering the evacuation of citizens, for a “mysterious reason” live reports about fires disappear from public and private TV channels.
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