China News Service, August 6th. According to the China-Greece Times report, in recent days, extreme high temperatures have been raging in Greece. Following the severe wildfires in the Varybobi area in the north of the capital, Athens, on August 4th, local time, Greece Forest fires also occurred in many places including Ilia, where the Olympia site is located, northern Evia, the second largest island in Greece, and Messinia.
On the evening of August 4, local time, Greek Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nix Hardalias stated that there were 118 fires across Greece in the past 24 hours.
At present, 165 firefighters and 58 fire trucks have extinguished the fire in the Loviès area in the north of Evia.
The authorities also sent 5 messages to the people through 112 to evacuate the people.
At the same time, seven wildfires broke out near the ancient Olympia site, and the evacuation of the people is still in progress.
The aerial fire fighting team is also rushing to the scene of the fire to provide cooperation and support.
Hardalias emphasized that the rescue in the next few days will be more difficult, but the constant purpose of the Ministry of Civil Protection is to protect the personal safety of citizens.
Wildfire near the ancient Olympia site
Greek Minister of Culture Lena Menzoni went to Ancient Olympia to check the disaster.
According to OPEN TV station, firefighters are doing their best to put out the fire to prevent the fire from approaching the Museum of Ancient Olympia.
The site of the site is not directly threatened by the fire.
At about 22:30 on the evening of August 4, local time, there was an emergency power outage affected by the fire.
A hub of the power supply network of the Greek Independent Transmission Operating Company was burned due to a fire.
At least 20 houses have been destroyed and 7 residential areas have been evacuated.
Officials of the Greek fire brigade said that seven fires broke out in Ilia within two hours, and it is seriously suspected that the fire was caused by man-made arson.
At present, the Greek Fire Arson Crime Bureau has gone to Ancient Olympia to investigate.
The fire in northern Evia has not been brought under control
The fire situation in the northern part of Evia, the second largest island in Greece, is not optimistic.
Since the fire has not been controlled, the people around the fire site were evacuated safely, and the surrounding hotels also provided accommodation for the people.
Fanis Spanos, the mayor of Central Greece, declared a state of emergency in the city of Erinia near the fire site.
At present, about 30 houses have been destroyed.
The Greek Coast Guard also participated in the evacuation of the people in the Loviès area.
Although the aerial fire extinguishing team has arrived at the scene, it is difficult to operate in the air due to the impact of strong wind and smoke on the scene.
During the disaster relief process, three firefighters were injured, and some villagers had difficulty breathing due to heavy smoke. The relevant personnel have been transferred to the Mandudi Health Center for observation and treatment.
Limited rescue force in Messinia
On the afternoon of August 4, Messinia State sent a message to residents near the fire site through 112 and asked them to evacuate.
Currently, only 20 firefighters and 8 fire trucks are involved in the fire fighting.
Since most of the air fire fighting forces went to the ancient Olympia site to extinguish the fire, the fire fighting work in Messinia has not been supported by air forces for the time being.
(Zhu Tianhao)