Great alarm rang in the Fire Brigade or fire that occurred on the night of Wednesday 27 August at Salamis in the Vasilica area.
To A fire that broke out in the regional to the Basilica initially rushed forces from the Fire Station in Salamis and the Civil Protection of the Municipalityfollowed by significant reinforcements by Piraeus.
The fire was great and winds were also blowing, but as Christos Theocharis, a resident – a journalist, the immediate intervention of the forces reported in Orangepress so as not to burn homes and a forest area.
Regarding the causes of the fire, he stresses that it was done after a fireworks fire.
“Some had a feast, threw fireworks and caught fire. The area is inhabited and has olives, scattered pine trees and dry grass. Fortunately it didn’t go through the road because then there were woods and we would have a serious problem, ”he notes.
“It was among the houses (the fire) but fortunately the Salamis Fire Brigade and the Civil Protection of the Municipality saved even the houses,” Mr. Theocharis emphasized.
It should be noted that 48 firefighters with a hikers (forestry), volunteers and 15 vehicles, as well as aquifers.