Firefighters continued their efforts to contain fires in several fronts in Greece as of Tuesday night, with fires northwest of Athens threatening an industrial area, in Viotia of central Greece raging out of control, in Alexandroupolis resulting in hospital and village evacuations around the major port city, and in central Evia giving hopes that possible rekindlings will not wipe out progress achieved so far in containing the fire fronts, ANA reports.
The large fires in central Evia were contained on Tuesday evening, thanks to the efforts of firefighters by land and air since morning.
The threat of rekindlings however remains very high, as there are several dispersed pockets of fire in Psachna and Nea Artaki, towns north of Chalkidiki, which could threaten developments.
Wind factors are still difficult, since they shift directions constantly, and firefighters and ground teams along with 2 water-dropping airplanes and 2 helicopters operating during daylight hours fought to restrict rekindlings.
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