Fire disaster in Greece… Factories and warehouses under threat

The fire, which broke out at 3 different points in the Greek region of Aspropyrgos, reached the industrial zone. Industrial facilities in the region were damaged by the fire.

The fire spread to some warehouses and factories, including a warehouse containing chemicals.

The warehouses of the logistics companies in the region are also at risk of fire. Many roads were closed to traffic due to the fire.

FIRE IN RODOP ON THE 2nd DAY

In Western Thrace, 3 more settlements in the Rhodope province, where Komotini and its villages are located, were evacuated on the second day of the fire. The villages of Demircili, Barakli and Ircanhisar were evacuated as a precaution.

Many mosques in the region opened their doors to the victims of the fires who had to leave their homes.

40 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM FIRE IN DEDEAĞAÇ

Dikiltas and Ag. 40 people trapped in the coastal area of ​​Paraskevi because of a fire were rescued from the sea by boats belonging to Coast Guard units. The rescued were taken to the port of Alexandroupoli.

MESSAGES FROM POLITICIANS

In a statement to those who lost their lives in the Evros region, Greek President Katerina Sakelaropulu expressed her sadness over the loss of 18 people whose bodies were found in the Dadias forest area.

Sakelaropulu said: “We are mourning this tragedy, the loss of our people, their deaths, the damage to nature.” he used the phrase.

Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis went to the Civil Protection Office for information about the fires.

Speaking to ERT, Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, regarding the fires, said: “It’s a new reality that we have to fight.” he said.

Marinakis accused the opposition, which criticized the government for failing to respond adequately to the fire, of “using the fires for their purposes.”

Stergios Kalpakis, press spokesman for the main opposition party, Radical Left Alliance (SYRIZA), responded to Marinakis: “Instead of admitting the inability of the Mitsotakis government to respond to the fires in a timely and correct manner, Marinakis is attacking the opposition”. saying.

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) also accused the government of not having the necessary plan to fight the fire.

In a statement, the Greek Solution Party, referring to Mitsotakis’s bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday, said: “While Greece burned, society suffered and Hellenism was under threat, Mr. Mitsotakis, as the new Nero , promised to rebuild Ukraine”. he used his statements.

20 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES

Today, 18 bodies were found in the Dadia forest area in the Meriç Meriç region, estimated to belong to irregular migrants trying to pass through Maritsa to Greece.

In yesterday’s fires, 2 people lost their lives in Kavacık (Lefkimi) in the Viotia and Meriç region.

Thus, the number of people who lost their lives in the last 2 days due to the fire in Greece reached 20. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)