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Tuesday, August 13, 2024, PM Fire Update (USA)

A wildfire broke out on Monday in Varnava according to Greece Fire Officials, which spread to nearby Attica states is starting to improve. They say they no longer have a fire front but there are getting many spot fires which are occurring mostly in Mount Penteli and Lake Marathon.

Know when to call 112 and how it works: https://civilprotection.gov.gr/112

A missing person was reported in the area of the fire but no calls to their emergency communications center or to firefighters directly, cannot be confirmed.

Fires in Ambelia of Farsala, Politika of Evia, Voni of Heraklion of Crete, Agkinara of Pyrgos of Illia, and Tayo of Thesprotia are now being controlled. Those in Xanthi, Palaiopyrgos of Nafpaktia, and Terpsithea of Glyfada have been contained.

Resources currently assigned include:

  • Serbia: 35 firefighters, 10 vehicles and 1 helicopter
  • Romania: 44 firefighters and 4 water tenders
  • Turkey: 2 aircraft
  • France
  • Italy
  • Czech Republic
  • France: 200 firefighters, 28 water tenders and 1 copter.

The Country had 41 forest fires within the last 24 hours, according to the Hellenic Fire Service.

US Embassy in Greece: https://gr.usembassy.gov/natural-disaster-alert-u-s-mission-greece-3/

Wildfire News | Actions to Take: https://gr.usembassy.gov/natural-disaster-alert-u-s-mission-greece-3/

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