Forest fires caused by the scorching temperature in Europe and especially in the Mediterranean Coastal countries have been effective for days.
In some parts of the region, the air temperature does not decrease below 40 degrees, while the winds are effective in controlling fires.
Portuguese national press reports, 3 major forest fire extinguishing work throughout the country reportedly participated in more than 2 thousand firefighters.
The high temperature and severe wind in Portugal made extinguishing work even more difficult, while a village connected to the town of Arouca was evacuated due to fire, so far the flames did not reach the settlements said.
The fire in Spain spreads under the influence of the wind
The forest fire that began last night in the south of Avila, Spain, grew rapidly due to severe wind.
Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in his share of social media account, the region with great natural wealth in the region that is effective in the region to support the extinguishing work of the army’s emergency intervention unit said that the action.
Sanchez said that they closely follow the developments about the fire in a few municipalities and called for citizens to be careful.
In addition, in the northwest of Spain, the Sanxenxo settlement near the Sanxenxo mountainous area last night in the fire to extinguish the fire and air intervention continues.
15 hectares of area in France became ash
Firefighters intervened in the fire of the Maussane-Les-Alpilles town of the Bouches-Du-ihone province of France. Despite the rapid intervention of the teams, the fire spread rapidly due to the effect of the wind was controlled at night.
The speed of 75 kilometers at the time of winds spread with the effect of winds spread 15 hectares of forest area was ash.
In addition, more than 400 firefighters intervened in the air and land to extinguish the fires that started yesterday at 3 different points near the city of Marseille in the south of France.
As of last night, the fires where 11 hectares of area were under control, the A7 and A51 highways were closed to traffic. The traffic was also hampered on roads to the airport in the city.
In the town of Cournonsec near Montpellier, 300 hectares of greens disappeared in the fire after noon yesterday.
On the other hand, due to the risk of fire, the number of alarm provinces increased to 6. These provinces include Aude, Gard, Bouches-Du-Rhone, Pyrenees-Orientales, Vaucluse and Var.
Fire extinguishing work continues in Bulgaria
A total of 167 fires were fought in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours. The crisis desk reported that fires are effective on 150 thousand acres throughout the country.
A rapidly spreading fire in the Topolovgrad region in the southeast of the country is intervened by two air helicopters.
Interior Minister Daniel Mitov said that the fire situation around the town of Strumiani in the southwest of the country is at the “most serious ve and that the extinguishing works last both by land and air.
Mitov said that citizens should be extremely careful, and will be uncomfortable against the attempts of arson.
Meteorological experts also experienced in recent days of excessive air temperature is expected to decline, but the ongoing winds may continue to affect the fire extinguishing work negatively, he said.
In some places in Italy, fires continue
It was expressed that fires continued actively in some places in the Nuoro province on Sardinia, Italy.
The Italian Fire Department (Vigili Del Fuoco) X platform shared, the land and air intervention continued.
Forest Fire came out on the coastline of Croatia
Croatia’s coastline Sibenik and Split cities last night in the forest fire said.
Croatia fire brigade said in a statement, the fire on the Split region of the fire was affected by low vegetation and machinery, while the teams continued to extinguish in the morning.
Sibenik’te forest fire that occurred under control was shared.
High risk of fire continues in Greece
In Greece, many forest fire came out due to desert heat that had been effective since the beginning of last week.
Since the beginning of the week, dozens of fires on both the islands and the mainland have caused tens of thousands of acres of areas to be ash.
According to the report published by the Greek Meteorological Department yesterday, 12 thousand 810 on Eğriboz Island, Krioneri 2 thousand 269 acres of an area, while the burning area on the Island of Çuha passed 26 thousand acres.
Natural Disasters Management Specialist Professor Efthimios Lekkas, in his written assessment, said that the fire on the island of Çuha opened a large wound in the nature of the Island, in 2017, the fire of 100 thousand acres in the fire is faced with the danger of desertification, he said.
As of this morning, all fires throughout the country have been under control, but the Secretary General of Civil Conservation announced that the risk of fire is still high today.
Source: OriginalArticle