The sky of Athens was covered with smoke from a fire that unfolded at the foot of Mount Parnitha in Fili.
The smell of burning managed to reach Faliro and spread throughout the city. With the first rays of the sun, it became clear that a curtain of smoke covered the sky.
The titanic fight against fires will continue today on the fronts of Mount Parnitha. The fire element is raging for the fifth day in a row in Alexandroupolis, Rhodopes and Kavala. In Fili, there are rules for restricting traffic.
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The video posted on social media by AFP’s chief photographer in Athens, Ari Messini, is chilling. The video shows an eerie image of the Acropolis surrounded by black smoke and fire in the background “devouring” Mount Parnitha as night falls.
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What should citizens do to protect themselves from smoke? Gikas Maiorkinis, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at EKPA, gave valuable advice. He emphasized that people with respiratory diseases are the most vulnerable and have a poor tolerance for particulate matter pollution (due to fires).
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“In general, in such conditions it is very difficult for people with diseases such as breathing problems, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and problems with the cardiovascular system. It is logical that in such events death rate expected to rise from such diseases,” he said. An associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the EKPA advised citizens to stay at home and close windows.
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