Watch: One dead, over 40 injured as wildfires ravage Athens
Athens: A 38-year-old man assisting in dousing a raging wildfire in the north of Athens has died, while over 40 others have been injured as devastating fires have continued to spread across Greece.
The man was transferred to a hospital with serious head injuries on Friday after being hit by a falling electricity pole, Xinhua news agency reported.
At least 44 people were transferred to hospitals due to injuries sustained in the fires in Attica, Peloponnese and Evia, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Friday.
Last night, during the tv coverage of the fires in athens, a tv reporter and the cameraman were attacked by strangers, who also stole their bag and broke the car windows, all while the police was in front of them & did nothing to help them.This is insane.
pic.twitter.com/UHAfbtrl48— ًδ (@eIysianfieId) August 7, 2021
Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias said earlier in an emergency briefing that there were 56 active fire fronts in different parts of the country, stressing that the conditions were “extremely dangerous”.
🚨🚨🚨#اثينا الان 🔥
🇬🇷 🔥 Battle of fires continues in Greece. Critical situation outskirts of Athens. #Greece #AthensFire
pic.twitter.com/Y9PfRmv63c— California🇺🇸🦅 (@OldPrague) August 6, 2021
Fires continued to rage across the country for the fourth day on Friday in northern Athens, on Evia island, in Ilia prefecture and Mani in Peloponnese, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, destroying houses, businesses and burning thousands of hectares of forest land.
This breaks my heart. #Greece, I wish I could help you…
Fires in Northern #Athens, Greece.#PrayForGreece 🇬🇷💔 pic.twitter.com/nfUrURHb0r— Anzhela (@ANZHELA_YAN) August 5, 2021
Foreign officials from France, Spain, Kuwait, Jordan, Turkey, the US and China, among other countries around the world, have sent messages of solidarity to Greece.
(IANS)
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