The risk of forest fires is extremely high in most regions of central and southern Greece and on numerous islands. The Greek Civil Protection warned on Monday that this will continue in the coming days. The worst fires raged on Monday on the island of Rhodes and on the island of Euboea.
A forest fire has been brought under control on the holiday island of Corfu in the northwest of the country. As a precaution, authorities had brought about 1,000 tourists and locals from the popular holiday resort of Nisaki to safety on Monday evening. The tourists spent the night in a theater in Corfu Town. The danger has now passed and people should gradually return to their hotels, local state radio reported on Monday.
Large fires were reported Monday morning on the island of Euboea, near Karystos, and on the Peloponnese peninsula near the small port town of Egion. In all cases, firefighting planes and helicopters were deployed at first light to contain the fires, civil defense said.
(yam/sda/dpa)
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