The front of the fire that broke out in Agios Thomas of the Municipality of Gortyna, in Heraklion, is in recession. The fire brigade fought an overnight battle with the fires and according to the Coordination of the Regional Directorate of the Crete Police, the fire is expected to be controlled soon.
The biggest wildfire front raging in Greece on Sunday evening remained in northern Evia, a large island straddling the eastern mainland that is slightly larger than Long Island in New York State. The site is now focus of fire-fighting and civil defense forces.
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The country is under fire for the third day, with citizens staying awake with fear and despair for another day.
The blaze is burning everything from Attica, Evia, Ilia, while new outbreaks have appeared in Larissa, Messinia, and Fokida.
The fire in northern Attica is in progress and hopes are turning to the aerial means, which began operations since first light. Depending on the direction of the winds, the drops will aim to break up the front, which is huge.
The main fronts are located in Ippokratios Politia, in the settlement of Pontia to the west of Agios Stefanos, while there are many houses in Afidnes and Drosopigi that have been engulfed in flames.
Early in the morning, an evacuation order was issued for Kalentzi, in Marathon, as confirmed by the mayor of Marathon, Stergios Tsirkas. The areas of Kryoneri, Kokkinovrachos, and Afidnes have already been evacuated, due to the huge dimensions of the fire.
According to the Fire Brigade, the flames in Attica, during the night, caused damage to houses in Ippokratios Politia, while there is now a permanent front on the opposite side of the highway, which is mainly burning low vegetation and a few trees, with strong forces trying to prevent the fire from escalating and threatening Kapandriti.
In Evia, the fire reached the beach of Agia Anna. More than 128 citizens left shortly after 1 in the morning with six boats bound for Mantoudi, Evia.
Residents' testimonies speak of houses that were completely burned down.
In a dramatic tone, the mayor of Mantoudi-Limni and Agia Anna asked residents to evacuate all the villages on the east side, noting that "unfortunately the efforts to extinguish the large fronts at Amelantes and Skepasti did not yield results and the fire is uncontrollable ".
The governor of Central Greece, Fanis Spanos, spoke about the extremely difficult situation in Evia on the show Koinonia Ora Mega.
"It is an unprecedented situation. To the south it reaches the municipal community of Kireos. The fire is running very fast both to the north and to the south. It has entered the municipality of Istiaia Edipsos. Both fronts are very difficult. They need air means. The terrestrial ones have been exhausted ", described the governor of Central Greece, Fanis Spanos.
"If we do not have enough aerial means, any forecast can be small. We are not in danger, but the whole place here is burning. We do not know how many aerial means will come," he continued.
"We do not have people in danger, we evacuated quickly. "Many tens of thousands of acres have been burned, the recordings have not been made yet", said Mr. Spanos.
There were three fronts at night in Ilia with the deputy regional governor, Vassilis Giannopoulos, denouncing an organized arson plan.
At the same time, the areas of Elea and Kallithea were evacuated. The fire was directed towards Agios Spyridon and the authorities called on residents to leave their homes for precautionary reasons.
As of noon on Thursday, the fire brigade had ordered the precautionary evacuation of ten communities.
These are the communities of Vasilaki, Ypsilo, Aspra Spitia, Xirokampos, Ampari, Kryoneri, Lala, Douka, Lasdika and Nemouta. As of Wednesday, 29 areas have been evacuated, Ancient Olympia and the communities: Frixa, Deliza, Pefkes, Ano-Kato Louvro, Mouria, Linaria, Kammena, Villia, Helidoni, Miraka, Pelopio, Platanos, Kaukanias, Iraklia, Cook and Cladeo.
"Aerial means are necessary. The same had happened in 2007. The fire had started from here. We understand the needs of the whole country, but we also need to be protected. We are afraid that the fire will reach the village", said the president of the municipal council of Pyrgos to Mega's television.
"The old front persist and we have two new ones", Deputy Regional Governor of Messinia Mr. Efstathios Anastasopoulos said characteristically.
As he mentioned, there is a fire in Mouzaki, Trifylia that continues burning in a ravine "despite the efforts of farmers and the fire brigade".
And another in Antheia which with the help of the locals, Kalamata and the fire brigade has been limited to 30 acres.
The old ones in Ano Messinia continue. The fronts are many. The fire passed through a village. Three houses burned down. While the fire continues is heading toward to the Community of Dessila.
"The danger has left the big village of the area, Diavolitsi," said the Deputy Regional Governor, while referring to elderly people who strongly refused to leave their homes until the last moment.
"In Ano Messinia the fire has spread to Arcadia. Efforts are being made to control it. The fire department is doing what it can. There are many active fronts. The situation is difficult. "Later it will have strong winds," said Mr. Anastasopoulos, while comparing the current situation with that of 2007, he noted that it is not as dramatic as that year.
A fire that broke out in Sarandaporo, Elassona, is in progress.
The fire is burning a forest area, while ground forces are operating at the spot with 6 water vehicles and 5 pedestrians of the Fire Brigade.
The Municipalities of Elassona and Servia, Kozani, are assisting in the fight to reduce the fire.
The night for the inhabitants of Ancient Olympia, Messinia and Evia was difficult, with the fires that broke out in these areas continuing to burn until now. At this time, relative windlessness prevails, but fears are expressed concerning the coming hours, with the front of Evia getting worse.
This is because two more villages were evacuated at dawn in northern Evia, according to the mayor, George Tsapourniotis. These are the settlements of Amelantes and Kerameia, which are located north of the front of Drymonas, Osios David and the defense zone in the village of Kourkouloi, where yesterday a battle was fought to prevent the fire from advancing towards the village of Skepasti.
Also, at 7:30 the evacuation of the village of Kechries of the Municipality of Elymnia-Mantoudi-Agia Anna began,
During the night the fire was in remission, but from 3:00 the winds intensified and began to approach the houses of the village Amelantes. By midnight, however, the fire brigade was reinforced by others coming from the Varybobi front.
The deputy governor of Evia, D. Vourdanos, noted on ERT that "it is a difficult day, which dawned with negative developments." According to him, the northern front is in full swing, as well as the eastern. Mr Vourdanos noted that during the night two other settlements were evacuated, Amelantes and Kechries.
Kourkouloi, Skepasti, Kechries, Kerameia and Amelantes are the areas where the greatest danger is located. The deputy governor estimated that the front extends to about 30 kilometers.
According to the first data, even on this morning the aerial means have difficulties in flying over fire fronts, as the visibility is limited due to the dense smoke.
Also, at midnight, the meeting of the coordinating body ended, during which it was decided to redistribute the forces in manpower and equipment, but the resurgence of fires was continuous both in the villages and in the coastal zone, mainly in Chronia.
As far as Rovies is concerned, so far there is no official assessment of the damages, while local government officials are talking about more than 150 burnt houses in the wider area.
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Miltos Tentoglou with an amazing jump of 8.41 meters vaulted to the top of the podium, giving Greece the first gold medal of the competition in the History of the Olympic Games.
The Greek athlete's first jump was at 8.11 meters, but then made two invalid attempts that dropped him to fifth place. Miltos Tentoglou did not lose his composure and courage and pursued the distinction, which came with his last jump.
The first jump of the Greek athlete was at 8.11 meters, however he was passed by the Cuban Maso, who reached 8.21 meters. With two invalids then he was left third, as he was overtaken by the second Cuban Echevarria, who also jumped to 8.41.
With 8.10 in the fourth and 8.15 in the fifth, Tentoglou was in fifth place, as he was overtaken by both the American Harrison and the Spaniard C Kaceres.
At the same time, the Swede Molder achieved a great performance in his sixth attempt, however he slightly touched board and was canceled.
The two Cubans were injured during their efforts, with the result that Maso made only two attempts and Ecevaria four (five with the last one not being completed).
Although Echevarria also jumped 8.41, according to the regulations, the Greek athlete won the gold medal and the Cuban the silver, as the second best performance was at 8.15 for Tentoglou and at 8.09 for Ecevaria.
1. Miltos Tentoglou (Greece) 8.41 - Gold medal
2. Juan Miguel Echevarria (Cuba) 8.41 - Silver medal
3. Michael Masso (Cuba) 8.21 - Bronze medal
4. Eusebio Cσεceres (Spain) 8.18
5. Juven Harrison (USA) 8.15
6. Yuki Hashioka (Japan) 8.10
7. Tobias Modler (Sweden) 8.08
8. Filippo Radazzo (Italy) 7.99
Clearly excited and still unable to believe in the triumph, Tentoglou's coach, George Pomaski, speaking to MEGA channel, said:
"The kid is fantastic. Well done, I can not say anything else. I've been waiting for this medal for 13 years. I'm elsewhere, the kid is fantastic."
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