Greece fires map: The areas of Corfu and Rhodes affected by wildfires

1000’s of individuals have been evacuated from cities and villages throughout Greece after wildfires ravaged the nation.

Movies of roaring fires and towering black smoke have circulated on-line from Rhodes and Corfu. Nevertheless, wildfires have erupted throughout a number of areas together with Evia and the Peloponnese area.

Firefighters battled towards 82 wildfires throughout the nation in a single day, forcing the “greatest evacuation” within the nation’s historical past.

Sixty-four of the fires began on Sunday, the most popular day of the summer season as far as temperatures peaked at 46.4C within the southern Greek city, Gytheio.

The most severe hearth within the nation was on the island of Rhodes, the place some 19,000 individuals had been evacuated from a number of areas as wildfires burned for a sixth day, Greek authorities mentioned.

Native police mentioned 16,000 individuals had been evacuated by land and 3,000 by sea from 12 villages and a number of motels.

Six individuals had been briefly handled at a hospital for respiratory issues.

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An individual who fell and broke a leg throughout a resort evacuation and a pregnant lady remained in hospital, the latter in good situation, authorities mentioned.

Map beneath exhibits areas in Rhodes affected by raging wildfires:

In Corfu, roughly 2,466 people had been evacuated in a single day, Yannis Artopios, a spokesperson for the hearth division mentioned.

Movies on social media present flames engulfing Corfu as smoke and orange haze coated the evening skies. The hearth broke out on the northern half of the island which is standard with British vacationers.

These in Santa, Megoula, Porta, Palia Perithia and Sinies had been instructed to evacuate to Kasiopi on account of fires in Corfu.

Map beneath exhibits scale of devastating wildfires in a number of areas of Greece:

The Greek Coast Guard mentioned round 59 individuals had been evacuated from Nissaki seashore on the northwest coast of the island.

Nevertheless, the area’s deputy mayor mentioned the fires in Corfu had been brought on by arson.

Chariton Koutscouris instructed the BBC that it was all the way down to a “group of individuals” who “get pleasure out of this with the ache of the opposite individuals”.

Giorgos Mahimaris, the mayor of North Corfu, additionally mentioned that arson was behind the fires.

Of the 64 wildfires that broke out elsewhere within the nation on Sunday, essentially the most severe was on Evia, Greece’s second-largest island, the place authorities instructed residents of 4 southern villages to evacuate to the city of Karystos, west of the place the hearth was advancing.

Central Greece vice governor Giorgos Kelaiditis, who was close to one of the villages, instructed state company ANA-MPA the scenario is tough.

“The hearth could also be two kilometres (1.25 miles) away, however the wind is powerful, the expansion is low, the smoke thick and the air is tough to breathe,” he mentioned.