For the second day, Attica is burning with the flames now a few kilometers from the center of Athens. “The warnings were there, the scientific data were clear and the predictions were clear,” says the New Left, blaming the government.
“This year’s uncontrolled holocaust is a result of the worsening of the climate crisis and the conscious political choice of the government of Mr. Mitsotakis not to do the slightest thing to prevent, shield and protect the areas that would be in the red,” he underlines, citing the report of of the ENA institute for the absorption of funds from the Recovery Fund for civil protection which “barely reaches 1%”.
“Main priority is the protection of human life”
The New Left unites its thoughts with “the people who live the nightmare and the men and women who operate selflessly in the field” putting as “the main priority the protection of human life”.
It calls on citizens “to help voluntarily wherever needed and always in cooperation with the competent authorities” and to support “the fire victims and the rescued animals”.
He concludes that “in the face of a state that has left its citizens unprotected, the only solution is solidarity”.
For the second 24 hours, the forces of the Fire Department are giving a titanic battle against the flames, but they are not enough. Residents complain that they have been left helpless and watch their properties burn, while they themselves are in danger. 112 is constantly sending messages for area evacuations. Until noon on Monday, the fire affected approximately 100 thousand acres according to the satellite data of the European Sentinel-2 satellite processed by the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr.
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