GREECE WILDFIRE

Wildfires raging on Rhodes island force evacuations

epa10762717 ?ractors operate during a wildfire in Kiotari village, on Rhodes island, Greece, 22 July 2023. Although the Fire Department had managed to put out several rekindled blazes on the island over the last few days, the wildfire near the village of Laerma in the island's north keeps expanding and moving eastwards to the Gadoura dam, while residents in the villages of Lardos and Pilonas were told to evacuated their homes on the day, via the emergency number 112. Some 173 firefighters with 35 fire engines and 10 ground teams are battling the blaze, assisted by 3 water bombers and 2 helicopters. Another 31 firefighters with 4 fire engines and 3 ground teams were also expected to arrive from Slovakia. Local authority water tanks are also helping out. EPA/DAMIANIDIS LEFTERIS

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