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A person died of terrible forest fires from Greece for a second day on Saturday. About 27 miles southeast of Athens, more than 260 firefighters, about 80 firefighters and 12 aircraft were called to address the fire near Keratea. An Firefighter spokesman AFP’ye “weakened, but there are still active pockets,” he said. Dimitris Loukas, the Mayor of the nearest Lavrio city, said the fire passed through a 10,000 acres of brush and forest.
The State News Agency told Ana: “In addition to other properties, many houses have been destroyed in addition to the agriculture and forest land.” Another fire then broke out near Kouvaras town, but was rapidly controlled. An old man was found dead in a hut near Keratea after he passed away from his bed.
The National Observatory in Athens said that the winds until 45Mph ventilated the fire and that these conditions will continue at least until Monday.
As Alevler approached Palaia Fokaia, the Flash town was evacuated from dozens of human homes and an elderly care center.
The area, which was one -hour driving from Athens, was charged, and the strong winds were burned on Saturday after the settlements blew the flames.
The houses were left with cave roofs because the inhabitants wearing masks went back to save their best.
The firefighters looked at the trees to spray water with water to ensure that the fire did not start again.
In total, seven areas have been evacuated: Synterina, Dimolaki, Maliasteka, Agiasma, Charvalo, Drosia and Ari.
Ari was especially hard shot, the fire traveled from one end to another. As the flames crossed the fields and reached the settlement areas, the roads were cut.
In the last 24 hours, more than 50 agricultural and forest fire exploded in Greece, and this summer it became one of the worst days for forest fires.