Very high risk of fire for six regions in Greece on Sunday

Panos Thomakos 19.08.2023 | 16:36
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Very high risk of fire for six regions in Greece on SundayThe ministry advises people to be exceptionally careful and avoid any activity in the open that could accidentally cause a fire, such as burning vegetation, using machinery that creates sparks, lighting barbecues, or throwing away lit cigarettes

There is a very high (category 4) fire risk on Sunday for the region of Attica, the region of Central Greece (especially Viotia, the island of Evia, Fthiotida, and the island of Skyros), the Peloponnese (Corinthia, Argolida), the region of northern Aegean (Limnos, Lesvos), the region of Central Macedonia (Halkidiki and Mount Athos) and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (Evros, Kavala, and the islands of Thassos and Samothraki), according to the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection at the climate crisis and civil protection ministry, ANA reports.
The ministry advises people to be exceptionally careful and avoid any activity in the open that could accidentally cause a fire, such as burning vegetation, using machinery that creates sparks, lighting barbecues, or throwing away lit cigarettes. It also reminds the public to alert the fire brigade via emergency number 199 in the case of fire.

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