China News Service, September 22. According to the "China Greek Times" report, late on September 20 local time, the Greek authorities ordered the evacuation of the periphery of a seaside resort town near Athens after a fire broke out in the area.
Data map: On August 3, local time, wildfires burned in the suburbs of Varympompi in the northern part of Athens, Greece.
According to the Associated Press, several houses on the outskirts of Nea Makri, about 30 kilometers northeast of the Greek capital, suffered fire damage, but there were no reports of residents or firefighters injured.
The cause of the fire is unclear.
The fire department stated that more than 110 firefighters were struggling to control the fire all night with the assistance of fire trucks and volunteers, and all fire brigades in the Greater Athens area were on alert.
As the fire broke out after dark, the water patrol aircraft could not help put out the fire.
In August of this year, Greece suffered the most severe heat attack in decades, and the land was dried up in rural areas.
Soon afterwards, wildfires broke out in most areas of central and southern Greece. Forests were raging and destroyed. Hundreds of houses on the northern edge of Evia and Athens were burned down.
In the summer of 2018, a fire swept through the seaside resort of Mati near Nea Makri. The fire was fierce and spread rapidly, destroying dozens of buildings and killing 102 people.
(Zhang Wei)