(19 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Koropi, Greece – 19 June 2024
1. Wide of helicopter flying overhead; tilt down to show firefighters at work amid smoke
2. Mid of firefighters with hose
3. Mid of small fire
4. Various of firefighting efforts, firefighters using hose to spray water on smouldering scrub
5. Wide of plane dropping water as it is seen flying into cloud of smoke
6. Various of firefighting efforts
7. Firefighters walking toward fire truck
8. Firefighter wearing mask seen through smoke
9. Local resident Marinos, 25, last name not given, speaking to firefighter
10. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Marinos (last name not given), 25-year-old local resident:
"We have to be very careful. We need to bring bulldozers to clean up (the dry vegetation) so that we’re not in danger, because there is a great danger that we will lose our lives and our homes."
11. Wide of firefighters at work
STORYLINE:
Scores of Greek firefighters and water-bombing aircraft were trying to contain a large wildfire on the fringes of Athens that forced authorities to issue evacuation orders Wednesday for two nearby settlements.
Television footage showed flames coursing through low scrub and olive trees in a sparsely inhabited area near Vari, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of central Athens.
Strong winds were hampering firefighting efforts.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The fire service said more than 70 firefighters, assisted by 10 water-dropping planes and helicopters, were working to control the blaze.
The surrounding area is dotted with hundreds of scattered buildings, both homes and businesses.
Dozens of wildfires have broken out in Greece in recent days amid scorching summer temperatures, but they were extinguished before causing extensive damage.
Several people were arrested and charged with accidentally starting the blazes.
The greater Athens area has been declared at a high risk of fire Wednesday and Thursday.
Wildfires are common in Greece’s dry, hot summers, and have caused scores of deaths in recent years.
Authorities have warned of a particularly high risk this summer following a dry, warm winter that has left vegetation tinder-dry.
Earlier Wednesday. the fire service said it had brought under control another blaze near Markopoulo, east of Athens, and on the island of Evia.
Another wildfire was burning on the Aegean Sea island of Naxos.
AP Video by Lefteris Pitarakis
Production by Theodora Tongas
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