(1 Oct 2024)
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Sofiana, Greece – 1 October 2024
1. Various of wildfire
2. Tracking of helicopter dropping water on fire
3. Various of wildfire
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Sotiris Mourikis, deputy regional governor for development and entrepreneurship:
"Another difficult day. Fortunately the wind has died down. I’d like to express my sincere condolences to the two families of the young men who unfortunately died in the fire the other day."
5. Various of wildfire
6. Tracking of helicopter dropping water on fire and flying away
7. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Sotiris Mourikis, deputy regional governor for development and entrepreneurship:
"All the (firefighting) forces are at this location with fire zones in place to contain the fire. The information I have for the other front in Xanthohori is that there is a fire in progress but that it’s under control."
8. Wide of people looking in direction of fire
9. Close of people sitting near area where fire was burning
10. Close of flames and smoke
11. Tracking of helicopter dropping water
12. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Spiros Agrados, farmer from nearby village:
"It’s a huge struggle. We brought out military vehicles. The helicopters are constantly dropping water. Constantly. This part is very dense. We are hunters and know this area. You can see how it looks. If it gets away from us here, it will go toward Ziria. We believe it will die down. At the moment we believe we’ll succeed (in putting it out)."
13. Various of wildfire
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire for a third day that has killed two people and devastated a large forested area, prompting pledges of assistance from other European Union countries.
Three waterbombing aircraft from Italy and Croatia were due to arrive later Tuesday after Greece requested help through the 27-country bloc’s emergency civil protection mechanism.
The Greek fire service said more than 400 firefighters, assisted by 22 aircraft, were engaged against the blaze in the rugged mountains of Corinthia in the Peloponnese region.
The authorities were optimistic that progress had been made as the main front of the blaze was out, leaving a large number of scattered fires. However, it remained unclear whether that success could be expanded on before winds whipped up and spread the blaze again.
Officials ordered that another village be evacuated as a precaution Tuesday, a day after half a dozen similar orders were issued. A major highway that was closed overnight as flames swept close by was reopened on Tuesday.
The blaze destroyed a historic church in the mountains and reportedly damaged buildings outside the threatened villages, but the fire service was not immediately able to provide further details.
The two victims were identified as local residents who got trapped late Sunday by the fast-advancing blaze.
Greece, like other southern European countries, is plagued every summer by destructive wildfires that have been exacerbated by global warming. Over the past few months, the fire service has had to cope with more than 4,500 wildfires.
This year’s had been flagged as the most dangerous fire season in two decades after the countryside was left parched by a protracted drought and early summer heatwaves.
Still, Greece’s big investments in extra water-bombing aircraft, warning drones and other equipment have led to most blazes being extinguished shortly after they broke out.
AP Video shot by Srdjan Nedeljkovic
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