Fires burning for more than a week in Greece finally brought under control, as PM Mitsotakis appoints a new minister in charge of recovery from natural disasters in a bid to defuse mounting public anger
A charred forest area is seen following a wildfire near the village of Pefki on the island of Evia, Greece, August 12, 2021.
Rain and falling temperatures helped the fire-dousing effort, but crews remain on alert for possible flare-ups in hard-to-access ravines on theThere have been growing calls for the resignation of top public safety officials who as recently as June had insisted that the country was well-prepared. So far this year fires have burned more than 285,000 acres , compared to an average of fewer than 24,710 acres over the previous 12 years, EFFIS said.
"They are helping to monitor the perimeters of burned areas in Evia and Arcadia, which are many kilometres long," he said.In Evia, there were more than 400 Moldovans, Poles, Serbs, Slovaks, Romanians and Ukrainians assisting Greek forces. Over 550 Austrians, Czechs, French and Germans were in Arcadia.
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