(2 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
++PART NIGHT SHOTS++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sofiana, Greece – 1 October 2024
1. Close of people sitting near where fire was burning
2. 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." ++PART COVERED BY 3, 4++
3. Wide of people looking in direction of fire
4. Man sitting near where fire was burning
5. Close of fire
6. Helicopter dropping water on fire
7. Various of fire ++NIGHT SHOTS++
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire that has killed two people and devastated a large forested area, prompting pledges of assistance from other European Union countries.
The two victims were identified as local residents who got trapped late Sunday by the fast-advancing blaze.
Sotiris Mourikis, deputy regional governor for development and entrepreneurship, shared his condolences on Tuesday to the families of the young men who died.
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.
On Tuesday, officials ordered that another village be evacuated as a precaution, a day after half a dozen similar orders were issued. A major highway that was closed overnight as flames swept close by was reopened.
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.
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.
AP video shot by Srdjan Nedeljkovik
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