Greece's Chios island in state of emergency as wildfire rages

  • 2/5/2023
  • 16:27
  • 7
  • 0
  • 0
news-picture

ATHENS, Shawwal 20, 1437, July 25, 2016, SPA -- Greece has declared a state of emergency on the Aegean island of Chios, engulfed by a wildfire raging out of control, authorities said on Monday, according to Reuters. Dozens of firefighters and aircraft were deployed to fight the forest fire which broke out early on Monday, burning through olive groves and mastic trees, an important source of income for the island which has a population of about 52,000. Smoke forced some people to flee their homes in two villages, but there has been no order to evacuate, the island's mayor, Manolis Vournous, told state television. --SPA 16:04 LOCAL TIME 13:04 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

مشاركة :