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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-08-05
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[01] Wildfire threatens inhabited region
[01] Wildfire threatens inhabited region
ANA-MPA/ A wildfire that broke out on Thursday in the region of Ano
Tompra, west of Gythio in Laconia prefecture, located in the southern
province of Peloponnese, has burned its way through the village of
Lygereas, threatening private houses and destroying forest land and
crops. Fifteen firemen with 7 fire engines, 15 firemen on foot and 4
water-bombing aircraft participated in the firefighting efforts.
Wildfires that did not threaten inhabited regions were burning on the
northeast Aegean island of Lesvos and on the Ionian Sea island of Corfu.
On Lesvos, a wildfire broke out in an inaccessible forest region of
Nyfida. A total of 26 firefighters with 13 fire engines and 8 firemen
on foot were battling the blaze assisted by three local authority
firefighting vehicles and 10 volunteers. Four water-bombing aircraft
and a helicopter were also operating in the region, hampered by strong
winds. ana-mpa
On the island of Corfu, the wildfire that broke out a day earlier
in the region of Loutses was still burning, fanned by strong winds
while firefighting efforts were hampered by the region’s terrain. Five
water-bombing aircraft, a helicopter, 9 fire engines with a crew of
17 firefighters and 5 firemen on foot participated in the efforts to
contain the fire.
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