Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on Friday as dozens of fires raged in Greece in what the prime minister dubbed a 'critical situation,' while neighbouring Turkey came under increasing pressure over its handling of wildfires.
This picture taken on August 6, 2021 shows trees burning as a fire spreads near houses in Ippokratios Politia, some 30 kilometres north of Athens. – Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on August 6 as dozens of fires raged in Greece.
“Our country is facing an extremely critical situation,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late Thursday, putting six out of 13 regions in the country under high alert. In the small town of Afidnes, firefighters were seen standing on their truck in the dead of night, dousing flames that leapt high above them.Foreign help
Israel, too, said it is planning to dispatch an aircraft carrying 15 firefighters and a large cargo of flame retardant. The blazes also forced the government of North Macedonia to declare a 30-day state of emergency and the defence ministry in its Balkan neighbour Albania to declare the situation “critical” because of the threat to village homes.In Turkey, 208 fires have lit up since July 28, and 12 were still ablaze on Friday, according to the Turkish presidency.
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