Four major fires were raging in Greece on Monday evening, said the Fire Brigade’s spokesperson Lt. Colonel Yiannis Artopios during the first of two special briefings on Monday evening ANA reports.
Two of the four big fires broke out in Attica – at Kouvaras (Southeast Attica) and at Dervenoxoria (North Attica) -, one in the forest area of Kallithea (southeast of Loutraki, in Corinthia), and a fourth at Kaparelli in Boeotia (Viotia).
Police have shut down circulation again on the Athens-Sounion highway due to the spread of the fire.
Specifically, traffic is closed off from the Athens-Sounion and Kalyvia highways towards Sounion; the Athens-Sounion and Saronia highways towards Athens; and the rural Keratea-Anavyssos road from Keratea to Anavyssos.
At Dervenohoria, police have blocked traffic from the Elefsina-Thivon rural road, from Mandra intersection towards Thebes; from Fylis street, starting from the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Kimisseos Theotokou) at Kleista; and at the Inoi-Magoula rural road, starting at the Titan factory.
As to the new Athens-Corinth national highway, police announced they had opened the highway but only for traffic heading to Athens. Conversely, on the old Athens-Corinth national highway, circulation was restored in both directions.
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