Fire departments

37 firefighters with 2 teams of hiking teams and 11 vehicles are working to extinguish the fire, while a helicopter is dropping from the air

Firefighters attending to a fire in an abandoned building in central Athens have pulled a man out of the structure.

The man was unconscious when firefighters found him.

A team of 10 firefighters with four tenders responded to the fire.

Eight firefighters with three vehicles rushed to the scene

Firefighters are on the scene

Seven firefighters with two vehicles on the scene

Ljubljana – A firefighters’ trade union is critical of the government-proposed changes to the fire service act, as it says it was not involved in the drafting of the amendments. Some of the proposals that had already been coordinated with the competent ministry in the past have been dropped from the latest version, the union noted.

Nova Gorica – As news of a tragic death of a young Slovenian firefighter and diver reached North Macedonia, a country where he helped fight wildfires this summer, the mayor of Berovo decided to propose that a street in the town be named after him.

The Fire Brigade is on the scene

The situation because of the big fire in the area of ​​Vilia is dramatic. At night five more settlements were evacuated (Thea, Panorama, Paleochori, Paleokoundoura and Agia Sotira) and the nursing home "Panagia Faneromeni", as the flames that spread on a large front approached residential areas burning dense and inaccessible virgin pine forest on Mount Patera.

Two firefighting planes and four helicopters started with the first light of day continuous firing on the fire front in the wider area of ​​Ziria, in Egialia.

At the same time, reinforced ground firefighters, who fought the flames all night, are continuing their efforts, supported by the air force, to reduce the fire and bring it under control.