China News Service, August 11, according to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, on the 10th local time, the Greek wildfires that lasted for many days continued to rages. As of that day, at least two people were killed and dozens of people were injured.
The picture shows the stranded people in Evia waiting to leave.
According to reports, a local hospital confirmed on the 9th that a bulldozer driver in central Greece who volunteered to fight fires died of injuries in the hospital.
Earlier, a local resident who volunteered to take part in the fire fighting in the northern mountainous area of Athens was injured when he fell on his head and was hit by a telephone pole. After rescue, he died.
At present, the fire situation in the northern part of Evia, the second largest island in Greece, is still severe. Thousands of residents and tourists were evacuated and transferred to a safe place by ferry.
The wildfire started on the 3rd and gradually got out of control and spread to many areas on the island of Evia, burning large tracts of forest and a large number of houses, forcing dozens of villages to evacuate residents.
Greek Prime Minister Mizotakis said in a televised speech on the evening of the 9th that Greece is facing "unprecedented natural disasters" and the government's top priority is to save lives. In the past few days, the government has conducted 63 organized evacuations in 141 villages across the country.
He also announced that 500 million euros will be allocated from the state budget to support the victims of the fire-affected Attica region and the island of Evia.
Affected by extreme high temperature weather in the past few days, there have been many fires across Greece.
The Greek government has activated the EU's civil protection mechanism to seek support, which has received responses from many countries.