Fire in Evros: 25 migrants freed by firefighters in Thadiya forest

They are taken to Thadia village.

Firefighters found and freed 25 illegal immigrants who were surrounded by fire in a forest area between the settlements of Thadia and Giannouli.

After finding them, firemen made inhuman efforts to evacuate them, creating a passage.

Later, with the cooperation of the police, the migrants were taken to a safe place in Thadia village. It may be recalled that 19 migrants have died in the deadly fire so far.

On August 22, 18 charred bodies were found in Avanta region, and another in Lefkimmi region on August 21.

It seems that another mishap has been averted this time as there are fears that more people may be trapped inside the burning forest.

Evros fire burns for 14th day burning 800,000 acres After the southern part of the province suffered great destruction, the flames spread out to Soufli and burned the central part as well.

The picture in the first light of day is heartbreaking.

As it filled the skies of Alexandroupoli once more, the cloud traveled as far as Samothrace.

A night-long battle with flames and a life-saving change of wind direction

The change in wind direction from south to northeast was decisive and helped intercept a very strong fire front to the rescue of firefighting forces in another battle last night, preventing the immediate danger of the fire. Souffle.

With the front now moving towards Kornofolia and Giannoli and avoiding the evacuation of Soufli, city mayor Panagiotis Kalakikos stressed the difficulty and danger of the hours leading up to the APE-MPE, and the extent of the destruction in the area. Special recovery planning for the southern part of the affected province and raising the morale of the residents is essential.

Risk of fire fighting due to intensity of fire

“Yesterday was a very difficult night because there was great danger, not only to the residences, but to the firefighting forces, the forestry cooperative, the volunteers, the firefighters, everyone running.”

He explains that the danger he speaks of is related to the severity of the fire. “The evening front was very strong and had a terrible energy – flames with a great height, a terrible one where they met the pine trees – and very high temperatures.

Fortunately the wind helped, because if it had gone that way, the results would certainly have been unpredictable. We were also lucky because the atmosphere was clean at Soufli, otherwise the thick smoke would have forced us out. Thank God the settlements were not evacuated.”