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Extreme risk of fire (risk category 5) in Rhodes Prefecture & very high risk (risk category 4) in many parts of the country for tomorrow, Wednesday 04 August 2021.
Athens, 03 August 2021
According to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Civil Protection (www.civilprotection.gr), for tomorrow, Wednesday 04 August 2021, an extreme fire hazard is foreseen – Alarm Status (5 categories for alarms) :
· South Aegean Region (Rhodes)
It is also
Very high risk of fire (hazard category 4) for the following areas:
· Region of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace (Evros Prefecture, Kavala Prefecture)
· Region of Central Macedonia (Serres Prefecture, Thessaloniki Prefecture, Halkidiki Prefecture)
· Region of Thessaly (Larissa, Magnesia)
· Ionian Islands District (including Zakynthos)
· Region of Epirus (PE Thesprotia, Preveza, Arta)
· Region of Central Greece (Prefecture of Evia, Prefecture of Fthiotida, Prefecture of Viotia, Prefecture of Fokida)
· Region of Attica
· Peloponnese Region
· Region of Western Greece
· Region of Crete
· North Aegean Region
· South Aegean Region (Karpathos-Kasos Prefecture, Kos Prefecture, Kalymnos Prefecture)
The General Secretariat for Civil Protection (www.civilprotection.gr) of the Ministry of Civil Protection has informed the competent state services involved, as well as the Regions and the Municipalities of the above areas, in order to be on increased alert for civil protection in order to immediately deal with any episodes of fires.
At the same time, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection advises citizens to be especially careful and to avoid actions in the countryside that can cause fire by negligence, such as burning dry grass and twigs or cleaning debris, the use of spark-generating machines such as chainsaws, , the use of outdoor grills, bee smoking, throwing lighted cigarettes, etc. It is also reminded that the burning of fields is prohibited during the fire season.
In case of fire, citizens are kindly requested to immediately notify the Fire Department at the call number 199.
For more information and instructions on self-protection from the dangers of forest fires, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection at www.civilprotection.gr.
