On the spot checks and the recording of the damage caused by the fire to buildings and businesses started this morning by the services of the General Secretariat for Natural Disaster Recovery and State Aid of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, in cooperation with the Region of Attica, and also the Municipality of Saronikos , following a relevant permit from the Fire Brigade.
Specifically, according to a statement from the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, six teams are in the field and are conducting autopsies throughout the area affected by the large fire of July 17.
Before the start of the check process by the relevant teams, a visit to the affected areas and a coordination meeting at the mobile Operation Center “Olympos” by the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos, and the Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Triandopoulos, with the leadership of the Fire Department body, official agents and local government, with the aim, as emphasized in the announcement, “that the process of autopsies, recording and assessment of damages proceed at the usual rapid pace to be followed – with corresponding speed – by the implementation of the measures of the state aid framework to those affected by the fire”.
In Derbenochoria the most difficult front – Continuous flare-ups in Loutraki
With the first light of the day, aerial vehicles started water bomb-runs, with the firefighting forces being reinforced on all fronts. The most difficult point in which the fire brigades operate is in Dervenochoria.
The fire front has not stopped burning in a very difficult place, a dense virgin forest, with firefighters fighting to stop the fire from reaching Magoula, Mandra and Elefsina in Attica. In the meantime, the fire is raging in Oinoi.
The strong winds make the work of the Fire Authorities difficult. The settlements of Panorama, Agia Sotira, Paleochori and Pournari are being evacuated with the residents being instructed to move towards Mandra.
On the other hand, the constant flare-ups due to the strong winds at the front of the fire in Loutraki, led to the decision for the precautionary evacuation of the settlements of Agios Charalambos and Panorama.
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