Forest Fires Ravage Northeastern Greece, Inflicting Heavy Losses on Local Communities

Original title: Forest fires in northeastern Greece continue to spread and local people suffer heavy losses

Recently, the hot and dry weather in Greece has continued, and forest fires have raged in many places. According to Greek media reports, on the 3rd local time, forest fires in the Evros region of northeastern Greece were still spreading.

The northeastern region of Greece is one of the areas most severely affected by forest fires in Greece this round. A fire broke out in Alexandroupolis in the Evros region of northeastern Greece on August 19, and then the forest fire spread rapidly and has been burning for more than two weeks. A total of hundreds of fire trucks and 17 firefighting aircraft were dispatched to put out the fire. As of September 3, the spread of the forest fire has not stopped, but the fire in some areas has gradually been brought under control.

The local fire department stated that the hot and dry climate and dense vegetation in the northeastern part of Greece made the progress of firefighting work slow. When firefighters extinguished a fire point, new fire points often appeared suddenly. So far, the forest fire has killed more than 20 people and thousands of people have been evacuated.

After the forest fire, the local people suffered heavy losses

In the current round of forest fires in Greece, many local people watched their homes being engulfed in flames, and a large number of livestock and vegetation were burned to death. Faced with the ruins of their homes after the forest fire, the local people said that they were heartbroken, but there was nothing they could do.

Kleansis, who lives in northeastern Greece, lost most of his family’s livestock and property in the forest fire.

Local resident Kleansis:There was nothing left in the fire. I had 35 sheep burnt to death and the rest were burnt and don’t know if they survived. I don’t know what to do next now.

Kleansis said that although he has encountered forest fires before, the scale of the forest fires this year made him unexpected, and there was no way to protect his livestock and property. He can only look to the government for bailouts to help him make ends meet.

Local resident Kleansis:We need the government to help us, give us some bailouts. We have no other way, how should we survive in the future?

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2023-09-04 03:11:00