The Patras fire brigade received an alarm when a fire broke out on a ship docked in the port. Thick smoke suddenly poured out of the chimney of the passenger ferry. This is the SUPERFAST 11 port serving the Patras-Italia route. 10 firefighters arrived at the scene in two specialized vehicles. According to preliminary data, […]
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Fires: 360 thousand hectares were reduced to ash
The territory of Greece, which burned until yesterday afternoon in North Evia and Attica, is represented by the Department of Geology and Geoecology of the University of Athens. Mapping and operational monitoring is coordinated by the Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies program. The Faculty of Geology and Geoecology of the University of Athens is already […]
Was there enough air to extinguish the fires
Aviation expert Faidon Karaiosifidis commented on the issue of aircraft and the conditions in which they can perform their work. “There is no big picture at the site of the fire, not a single plane or helicopter is flying over the fire,” Mr. Karaiosifidis said speaking on SKAI in response to residents’ protests who complained […]
Beriev Be-200: Russian giant having absorbed "small lake", covers the fire with it
They say about this aerial firefighting giant: “Giant from Russia”, “Russian giant”, “Russian beast”, and its appearance confirms this. The new effective weapon of the fire service is truly impressive. The Be-200 has eight tanks, can carry 12 tons of water in 14 seconds and is the world’s only amphibious jet aircraft. Beriev’s Be-200 aircraft […]
Video: Canard fire plane dives into flames
A shocking video uploaded by the Air Force to their official Twitter account shows a Canard fire plane plunging into flames. The message below the video from the Canader in flames pilots reads: “We keep working as long as it takes!” Fires continue to torment Greece for 4 consecutive days. The military and firefighters continue […]
More than 100 thousand hectares burned in Attica and Evia
The BEYOND Center of the National Observatory of Athens (EAA) has published an update on the assessment of burned areas in Varibobi and Evia, based on the VIIRS satellite imagery of the European Forest Fire Information System (FFIS) platform. According to experts, the area burned out to date in the Attica region is 7,615 hectares, […]
"We will not leave Greece alone with its pain!": foreign fire brigades have arrived in the country
In these tense days, Greece is undergoing an incredible test of the fire element. Large-scale fires spread across the country from one edge to the other. However, the Greeks came to the aid of foreign fire brigades: from Ukraine, Cyprus, France, Israel, Croatia, Sweden and other countries. In particular, from Friday 6/08/21, the Greek fire […]
250 horses evacuated from the area of the fire
The evacuation of horses threatened by a fire in Varibobi, pets of the Olympic equestrian center, was completed this night, from 3/08 to 4/08. Lilian Dinti, Director of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation, told APE-MPE that there are now about 250 horses in Markopoulo. Five missing animals have already been found and returned back to the […]
Greece announces € 300 million fire protection program
The implementation of a program worth 300 million euros over the next five years, aimed at preventing natural disasters, was announced by the Deputy Minister at a meeting of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of Greece. A special meeting at the Civil Protection Operations Center was held on 29 May under the chairmanship of […]