Strong terrestrial and aerial powers fight to limit the Fire that broke out today at noon in low vegetation on Marathon Avenue At the intersection of Arionos streets in the Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi Attica and quickly developed dynamics, as reported by the Fire Department’s press spokesman, Vassilis Vathrakogiannis. As Mr Vathrakogiannis pointed out, with the order of the Fire Department’s leader, a step of the Arson Crimes Directorate has gone to the fire area to investigate its causes while the report of possible damage to infrastructure and homes will be completed when the project is completed.
At the moment, he said, 170 firefighters are operating with 8 forestry groups and 48 vehicles, as well as a large number of volunteers and volunteer fire trucks. 17 aircraft and 7 helicopters have been made available for the aircraft, one of which for their coordination.
Assistance to the extinguishing project are provided by aquifers and work machines of the Attica Region and the National Defense General Staff, while forces of EKAB with two ambulances and two direct intervention motorcycles have been developed in the area, but for the time being, as noted by Mr.
“The forces of the Greek Police have carried out 300 removal of our fellow citizens and 51 releases,” he announced and pointed out that a message was issued immediately from 112 to remove the residents from the areas of Agia Kyriaki, the year of Stekos and the Pine.
In addition, he noted that vehicles have been interrupted on both streams of Marathon Avenue at the height of the fires affected by the fire and added that only 40 hours of agrarian fires were displayed in the last 24 hours, of which 35 were immediately encountered in the first stage.
“The next few days are expected to be more difficult. We emphasize that in the event of a fire event, the instructions of the competent authorities must be followed, “Mr Vathrakogiannis concluded.
Hundreds
As it became known by ELAS, a total of 51 citizens were released from the wider area of Rafina and Pikermi, and were transferred to a safe place, with more than 300 citizens left. Earlier, through 112, residents were requested to remove residents from Agia Kyriaki, Stekos, Day, Pine, and Vounopolis was also evacuated.
As he notes, the Flame Flame Flame Group of the National Observatory of Athens is expected to gradually weaken the winds in 3-4 beaufort, resulting in improvement in pyrological conditions, which creates optimism for the fire. In addition, he stresses that at the onset of the fire, pyrboneous conditions are characterized by the average northern-northeast winds, which blow with 5 beaufort tensions and the low moisture of dead forest fuels (<10%).