Greece: 600 fire engines along with rain planes engaged in extinguishing the forest fire

More than 600 fire engines, including troops from several European countries, along with a fleet of rain-delivering planes and helicopters, are battling to bring three forest fires under control in Greece. Two of these forests have been burning for the past several days. The officials informed about this. At least 20 people have died in wildfires raging in the country’s northeastern regions of Evros and Alexandroupolis, officials said. The fire continued on the ninth day as well. He told that this fire is one of the biggest forest fires ever in any country of the European Union. The blaze has destroyed a large part of the forest and burnt houses on the outskirts of the city of Alexandroupolis.

The fire department said that 295 firefighters, seven aircraft and five helicopters were engaged in controlling the fire on Sunday. The European Union’s Copernicus emergency management service said on Sunday that the wildfires have scorched 77,000 hectares (770 square kilometres) of land and created 120 active hotspots. Copernicus is the Earth observation component of the European Union’s space program and uses satellite images to provide mapping data. On the northwestern edge of the Greek capital, another major wildfire has been blazing for several days, torching homes and ravaging the national park on Mount Parnitha, one of the last green areas near Athens.

The fire department said 260 firefighters, one aircraft and three helicopters were trying to bring the blaze under control. A third major wildfire started on the Cycladic island of Andros on Saturday and was still not under control on Sunday. Efforts are being made to control the fire with the help of 73 fire engines, two aircraft and two helicopters. It is suspected that the forest fire started due to lightning.

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