A total of 30 fires broke out in the last 24 hours of which 23 were dealt with immediately in their initial stages, while firefighters are still facing 7.
The Fire Department has called on all citizens to be particularly careful on Friday, when the threat of fire is very high (category 4 of 5) and to follow related authorities’ directions.
In other terms, the Fire Department’s investigators made three arrests and issued fines on Wednesday to three people on Crete, Samothrace, and in Giannitsa of Pella – the first two for lighting a fire in the open and the third for dumping of flammable material.
Meanwhile, a wildfire that broke out in Vaskina of Arcadia mnidday on Thursday has been placed under partial control.