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Aerial view of fire in Alexandroupoli – Shocking video

Aerial view of fire in Alexandroupoli – Shocking video

A fiery inferno surrounds Alexandroupoli

The situation has been dramatic since the fire in Alexandroupolis, where one person was found dead, evacuation orders have been issued for several residences, and the city’s hospital has also been evacuated.

Video taken from a plane approaching the city captures the fiery inferno. It’s 21:30, the flight is about to land. The images are horrifying as the fire “touches” the city.

On Monday night, the flames entered Awada despite efforts by firefighters to intercept its course and fire zones. At the same time, the villages of Aisymi, Pylaia, Melia, Koila and Kirki, located near the areas where the fire continues its destructive work, were evacuated as a precaution. At 22:52, 112 Polynostants informed the evacuation of residents of Balagia apartment to Alexandroupoli.

63 fire incidents in last 24 hours

Crews from all fire services have been placed on general alert to cope with increased service demands, with 10 of the 63 forest fires reported across Greece today.

Of these, serious fires have been reported in Evros, Rodopi and Kavala, while Climate Crisis and Civil Defense Minister Vassilis Kigilias said in the afternoon that they had occurred since midnight last night, after a wide-ranging emergency meeting in civil defense. Evros 14 fire. Three of them, including the big fire in Alexandroupoli, have reached proportions and are extremely difficult.

Elsewhere in Greece, fires still continue at Prodromos in Boeotia, at Psachna in Evia, at Tarsos in Boeotia, where the settlements of Tarsos and Karioti have been evacuated, and at Kythnos, where the settlements at Paralia do Scylos have been evacuated.

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