Efforts continued on Thursday to control and put out fires in Greece, with a blaze at the popular spa area Loutraki, Corinthia prefecture, placed under partial control later in the day, ANA reports.
The Drassa settlement in the Corinthia prefecture was evacuated on Thursday as the fire that started on Wednesday at Kehries is burning “out of control,” Corinth Mayor Vassilis Nanopoulos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).
A fire is burning at a forest region in Didyma near Ermionida in the Argolid as of early evening Thursday, the Fire Brigade reported.
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias ordered the activation of access to the European Commission’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) by the Directorate of Emergency Planning & Response, in order to map the Kehries region of Corinth which is ablaze for a second day Thursday.
According to Fire Brigade data as of Thursday evening, a total of 72 wildfires broke out nationwide since 19:00 on Wednesday.
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