Large fire front heading to Agios Stefanos after having come close to water reservoir in Marathonas: Stamata, Rodopolis evacuating
File photo: A firefighter battles a fire burning a house in the Afidnes area, near Athens, Greece, 06 August 2021. EPA, ALEXANDER BELTES
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A large fire front heading to Agios Stefanos, a suburb north of Athens, currently burning the Pefkofito settlement in the north of of it, while it has reached the outer edges of Stamata, south of it, the Fire Brigade said on Friday evening. Rodopoli and Stamata are being evacuated.
Firefighters are trying to put it out by ground and air forces, while police is removing residents of the areas and of settlements under an earlier evacuation order.
The front is part of the fire that broke out across from Afidnes, east of Varybobi and west of the national highway. The fire reached the national highway, moved north to Kapandriti and then turned south, nearly reaching the water reservoir of Limni Marathona.
Three more fronts are raging uncontrollably, at homes in Afidnes, Kryoneri and Ippokratios Politia, all of which have been evacuated.
Another fire, which broke out at the Ano Liossia neighborhood of Athens, burning low brush, is approaching the edge of Pikilon Oros, and is being fought by large ground and air firefighters.
Man dies from injuries during fire at Ippokratios Politia
A 38-year-old man has died from injuries sustained at Ippokratios Politia in northern Attica, KAT hospital announced on Friday afternoon.
The man was a resident in the Varybobi region of the ongoing fires, and was transferred to KAT hospital in Athens at 14:00 on Friday with head injuries after a power pole fell on him. Even though he showed no vital signs, doctors tried to resuscitate him for 70 minutes, to no avail, added KAT.