The first step toward creating a “fire-retardant” zone to protect Thessaloniki’s Sheikh Sou forest, on the outskirts of the city suburbs, was taken on Sunday with the planting of 1,500 flame resistant rosemary, acacia and oleander shrubs on the side of a road that skirts the city, passing through the trees, according to ANA.
More planting will follow on the next stretch of the road up to the Triandria junction, as all these points were suggested by the fire brigade as being most at risk for a fire starting.
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