28/07/2023
Forest fires in Greece subsided on Friday after burning for nearly two weeks, but emergency services worked to prevent new flare-ups in the central part of the country, where a massive explosion at an ammunition depot killed people a day earlier. had escaped.
The fires, fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds, have killed five people since July 17, destroyed homes, farms and factories and scorched forest land.
In the hard-hit region of Magnesia, wildfires reached an air force ammunition depot near the coastal town of Nea Aghialos on Thursday. The fire at the depot caused loud explosions and the coast guard said people were forced to flee by land and sea to the regional capital of Volos.
