Athens’ prosecutor said on Tuesday that he had prepared documents to bring a case against 27 people to trial, including some senior officials from the previous SYRIZA government, due to a fire that destroyed the seaside resort of Mati in 2018, which killed 102 people and dozens were injured. The case mentions former Attica Governor […]
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The fire in Viliya is declining, the authorities talk about arson
The new fire that broke out in Viliya yesterday, Monday morning, brought many troubles. In Profitis Ilias, houses were burned down, the monastery was seriously damaged, which was abandoned by the nuns. Strong winds, reaching 8 points on the Beaufort scale, significantly hampered the work of the firefighters. At about 12:30 a message was sent […]
Can’t Breathe: Fire Pollution
The increase in the amount of solid microparticles in the air is noted by experts. The atmosphere in Corinth was stifling yesterday with smoke from the great fire in Vilya. For three days, a veil of smoke hung in the sky, which gradually dissipated. The source was an uncontrolled large fire in Viliya, which filled […]
Fire in Viliya taken under control
A fire that destroyed a huge patch of pine forest and homes northwest of the Greek capital on Friday afternoon was largely brought under control. Firefighters continue to be on duty, monitoring hot spots and possible outbreaks, especially in the areas of Agia Triada, Kantili and Kastanava. A fire near the village of Viliya, about […]
The Pain and Grief of Ancient Olympia
The mobilization of the authorities as a result of the fire that broke out in Ancient Olympia was enormous, in an attempt to curb the spread of the fire element to the archaeological site. However, it appears that the wider area of the area has been severely damaged. The European Copernicus system has completed a […]
Signal flares cause new fire in Greece
At dawn today, another fire broke out in Daskalio (Keratea). The reason was two flares fired from the area near the beach. This is confirmed by witnesses and surveillance cameras. Lavreotika Mayor Dimitris Lucas gave details on the Hra Hellas of Open program on the Open channel: “Two flares fell, one red and one yellow, […]
Smoke from a fire in Viliya "hid" Acropolis
The situation with the fire in Viliya does not remain just complicated, it takes on a nightmarish scale. A smoke screen covered Athens. Earlier, firefighters, volunteers and residents managed to stop the fire in the direction of the village, but after a while a new fire broke out, as a result of which the fire […]
Uncontrolled fire, tensions between police and residents of Viliya
Vasilis Kokkalis, deputy head of the regional department of civil protection, tells about the tragic situation with the fire in Viliya: “Now it just burns.” As the Deputy Governor of Attica for Civil Protection tells ERT, the ongoing fire in Viliya is out of control: “The fire has found a very dense forest that we […]
In Viliya, it was barely possible to avoid the tragedy with the Russian Ilyushin
When extinguishing a fire in Viliya, where Greek helicopters and Russian planes are involved, a dangerous situation arose, almost a tragedy. MEGA audio document from coordination helicopter released. Against the background of extinguishing the fire, a dangerous rapprochement between the Greek coordination helicopter and the Russian plane took place. Before that, an order was received […]