Original title: The raging wildfire in Greece has caused two deaths and dozens of injuries. Source: CCTV News Client
On the 6th local time, the Greek wildfires that lasted for many days continued to rages. At least two people including firefighters have been killed and dozens of others have been injured.The fire was also approaching densely populated areas, threatening power facilities and historical attractions, and thousands of people were forced to evacuate urgently.
The Greek fire department said on the 6th that 98 new fires have been reported in the past 24 hours, and firefighters need to deal with 154 fires at the same time. At present, there are still 64 active fires throughout the country. The high temperature and windy weather have increased the number of fires. The difficulty. The most dangerous fires occurred in northern Athens, the island of Evia, and the Peloponnese peninsula, including the ancient Olympia region.
A hospital in Athens said on the 6th that a local resident who volunteered to extinguish the fire in the northern mountains of Athens was injured when he was hit by a falling telephone pole in the head and died after rescue efforts failed. The Greek health department also stated that in the fires in Attica, Peloponnese and Evia, at least 44 people have been sent to hospital for treatment due to burns and breathing difficulties.
In order to prevent the raging wildfire from spreading to more cities and towns, hundreds of firefighters joined the firefighting and rescue operations on the 6th local time, and thousands were evacuated to safety.
Local residents: fire, a big fire, everything has been burned, houses, factories, everything. Everyone has evacuated, and I have to go, but what should we do now? Where can we go?
Local residents: I feel like (experiencing) a war. What I saw before my eyes was incredible. Fortunately, we escaped.
Affected by wildfires, many places in Athens were filled with dense smoke, and the setting sun was reflected blood red. At present, the residents of Athens have received a text message alert of “extreme fire danger in the next few days”. The Meteorological Department said that the temperature in many places in Greece will reach 42 to 46 degrees Celsius in the near future, and the high temperature weather is expected to last for at least a week. At present, the Greek government has activated the EU’s civil protection mechanism to seek support, which has received responses from many countries.
(Edit Liu Yang)
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