Video. Greece Battles Multiple Wildfires as Strong Winds Spread Flames

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"The winds were so strong that the fire entered the industrial area, a huge effort is being made to save factories," said Fokion Zaimis

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Firefighters were still fighting on Wednesday against numerous forest fires across Greece, especially near Patras, in the western part of the country, and on two tourist islands.

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Greece lives on Wednesday one of its most difficult days in the fight against fire, with 23 fires active in different regions and violent gusts of wind that complicate the extinction efforts, said the spokesman of the firefighters, Vassilis Vathrakoyannis. In total, 4,850 firefighters and 33 aircraft fight the flames, with particular concern [...] The post Greece faces about twenty fires amid strong winds and high temperatures appeared first on …

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The mayor of Patras, Kostas Peletidis, told Kathimerini that the fire of the forest fire flared up yesterday in the north of the Peloponnese, in the peripheral unit of Achaia, reached the houses and streets of some suburbs of Patras, such as those of Bozaitika, Profitis Ilias and Ano Sychaina. The mayor of the third largest city of Greece added that the situation "until recently tragic" is improving after some helicopters have entered into actio…