Major wildfires burning for days in northeastern Greece and on the fringes of the country’s capital are incinerating forests forced more evacuations overnight
A man walks away as flames burn a forest during wildfires in the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Advancing flames are devouring forests and homes in Greece as wildfires that have killed 20 people are raging. Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires burning for days in northeasternThe wildfires have left 20 people dead over the last week.
“Some ... arsonists are setting fires, endangering forests, property and above all human lives,” Kikilias said in a televised statement. “What is happening is not just unacceptable but despicable and criminal.” In Greece’s northeast, a major fire in the Alexandroupolis area that forced several evacuations, including of the city’s general hospital, was burning for a sixth day.
With firefighting forces stretched to the limit, Greece has asked other European countries for assistance. Germany, Sweden, Croatia and Cyprus sent aircraft, while dozens of Romanian, French, Czech, Bulgarian and Albanian firefighters have been helping on the ground. “It’s a very tough battle that the firefighting teams are winning,” Canary regional government counselor Manuel Miranda said Wednesday evening.
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