The air drops on the fire that started yesterday afternoon in a forest area in the Portes area began at first light, Achaia and then spread to the neighbouring regional unit of Ilia. Two firefighting planes and a helicopter are participating in the operation from the air.
195 firefighters are also operating, with seven hiking teams and 48 vehicles, while the mobile operational center "Olympos" is also in the area. The work of the firefighting forces are assisted by volunteers, water trucks, work machines of the local government and forces of the EL.AS. according to the latest update of the Fire Department
Following the recommendation of the head of the Fire Department, messages from 112 were issued and yesterday a preventive evacuation of the residents of the villages of Valmi, Kotrona, Karagiannika and Dalaboureika of the Regional Unit of Ilia was carried out.
By order of the chief of the fire brigade, Lieutenant General Alexis Rapanos, a team of the Directorate of Arson Crime Prevention is in the area of the fire for the fire that caused it.
Increased fire risk today
It is recalled that according to the Fire Risk Forecast Map, issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection for today, Monday 4 July 2022, a very high fire risk is predicted, with a risk category of 4 in:
North Aegean Region (PE Lesvos, PE Chios, PE Samos, PE Ikaria)
Region of Attica (including the island of Kythera)
Region of Central Greece (PE Boeotia, PE Evia, PE Fthiotida)
Region of Peloponnese
Region of Western Greece (PE Ilia, PE Achaia)
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