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The Greek Civil Protection Agency announced Monday that the country was going to seek the help of the European Union (EU) to fight the forest fires near Athens, which have already caused burns in six people [19659002] According to the Associated Press (AP), the EU's formal request for help to the EU for sending fires from Forest that destroyed homes and forced thousands to flee Athens, was sent late Monday afternoon.
The spokeswoman for the fire department told the AP that six people had been hospitalized as a result of the burns caused by the fire that had hit Athens Northeast. but his state of health is still unknown. Three of the largest hospitals in Athens are on alert to receive more casualties, if necessary.
Greek regional authorities declared the state of emergency in the eastern and western parts of Greater Athens as fires caused by the strong winds of pine forests and coastal towns on both sides of the capital Greek.
A first forest fire hit Monday northeast of Athens in the Penteli region, extending to the town of Rafina. In the nearby town of Mati, the Coast Guard sent a patrol to evacuate people from a beach surrounded by flames.
The second fire devastated the pine forests 50 kilometers west of Athens. The fire created a cloud of smoke so thick that the main roads between the Peloponnese (Great Peninsula of southern Greece) and mainland Greece were closed and an orange cloud fell on Athens.
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