Thousands battle Greece fires as heatwave bakes Europe

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On Wednesday, Greece competed to overcome more than 20 forest fires, in which a third largest city, Peters, in which the heatwave was incited and forced to evacuate thousands of people in southern Europe.

Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, the Balkans and the United Kingdom have roaming high temperatures this week, which promotes forest fires, and scientists say that human induction climate change is intensifying.

Fire Service spokesman Vaselis Waterkovianis said that early on Wednesday morning, 4,850 firefighters and 33 aircraft were mobilized in Greece, promising to have a “very difficult day”.

According to an AFP journalist, a fire near Woodeni’s ancient Messeenian archeology, which was only seven kilometers (four miles) from Peters, threatened the forest areas and homes, and the area was covered with a dense cloud of smoke.

Costas Sigkas, president of the Firefighter Officers Union, told Public Broadcaster Erit “Water is” hindering the work of bombers, and collecting water in the sea is making it more difficult “.

About 20 villages were evacuated on Tuesday in the western Achia area, which is belonging to the coastal city of Peters, in the western Achia area.

The other front was burning on the famous tourist island of Zante and on the Aegean island of Chios, which was a huge forest fire in June that destroyed more than 4,000 hectares.

The Greek Coast Guard said it helped evacuate about 80 people from Chios and near Peters.

The National Ambulance Service reported that 52 hospitals were admitted to Achia, Chivas and western towns, including “a small number of firefighters”, mostly for respiratory problems and minor burns.

Temperatures are about 40 ° C in some parts of western Greece on Wednesday, including the northwestern Pelopus, the National Weather Service EMY forecast.

After Greece requested four water bombers to strengthen its resources from the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, the leftist opposition party Series criticized the conservative government’s preparations for the coming fire every year.

Greece needs “a bold distribution of resources in favor of civil protection”, “emphasizing” prevention, “better harmony and new technologies in its civil protection system,” Serima said.

‘The worst enhancement gland’

At the other end of the Mediterranean, Wildfire dominated the news in Spain, where cold temperatures and more humidity are expected to help control the cats in which two people have died.

Authorities in the Costal and the northwestern region of Lyon, where flames have threatened the Roman mining site of the World Heritage Heritage, said that about 6,000 people from 26 areas have been evacuated from their homes.

Castle and Levin’s Civil Protection Head Irin Courts said Bashi Undgrant and Searing temperature, which has cooked Spain for almost two weeks, created a “worst potential growth place for this situation”.

This year, the 199 Wild Fire in Spain has doubled the area during the same period in 2024, reflecting about 98,784 hectares.

Neighbors Portugal deployed more than 1,800 firefighters and around 20 aircraft against five major cats, which are focused on a fire in the main municipality of Transovs, which has been operated since Saturday.

The strong winds resurrected the flames overnight and threatened nearby villages, where television photos showed locals to volunteer to help firefighters under a thick cloud of smoke.

“It’s scary … but we are always ready to help each other,” the farmer, wearing a mask, told the Smortieus Television, holding a whip in his hand.

Italian firefighters extinguished a fire that burned on the famous mountain Vesuvis for five days and released smoke plums on the Naples area.

In the UK, temperatures were expected to hit 34 ° C in the fourth heatwave in the country of summer.

The UK’s health security agency warned about the “significant impact” on health and social care services for these parts of Central and Southeast England, where the toughest heat was forecast.