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Fires in Laurio and Kalamos.

The residents in the area of Pouda Zeza in Laurio, face the horror of a devastating fire that broke out at 11:45 a.m this morning. The blaze has already entered the settlement of Passa, while an uninhabited house is burnt! Child camps are quite near and in order to avoid  the case of victims, they are being evacuated at the moment. The children are on the beach, while five buses from Athens are on their way to transport them. A camping is also being evacuated preventively.
15 cars with 45 firemen are in the area, while 4 Kananter aircrafts and two helicopters help to extinguish the fire. According to the fire department, the fire is really difficult to extinguish beacause of the strong winds. ” Our first priority is to prevent the blaze from going to Sounio”, said the mayor of Laurio, Dimitris Loukas.

Kalamos

A fire broke out in Kalamos as well, in the area of Mikroxwri and according to recent information the blaze is moving towards Varnava. The fire broke out half an hour later after the one in Laurio and the strongs winds, make the firemens’ effort difficult. 60 firemen with 10 fully equiped cars arrived immediately, together with eight aircrafts and two helicopters. Child camps are also near but until now, no houses are menaced or burnt. Lewnidas Kouris, the prefect of east Athens, underlined that this fire is really great and he sent two water wagons to help the fire department.

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