By Roumpini Terzaki | Project Leader
Dear friends,
It is happening NOW! The moment i write you we are on the ground of a new fire in the capital of Greece , Athens. It is the 3rd huge fire in the city. Houses are burning. The flames have covered many flats and houses. People are blocked in their own houses. Explotions all over the area.
A new fire now! Just about 10’ ago! Its in Athens! Look how close from the houses.
It is still impossible to approach but from the air. The police forces , our volunteers and the civil protection we all try to give help and guidance to people so they escape their houses. Firemen with 50 camions are on the ground. The heat has overpassed the 48 Celcium.
Can't give water and blankets to some people they are still at their homes. We get wet with water to approach the fire and in 2 minutes we are dry. I lost my glasses, 2 minutes ago, so please forgive my mistakes. I can hardly see of the smoke and my laptop maybe will shut down from battery.
I couldnt resist to cover this and you ll get informed that we have a huge need of helping hands and support.
The moment that we all were taking a breath from 1 year and a half continues lockdown, faceing all kind of troubles to feed people and taking care of their mental health issues instead of going on with some days of vacation to refil our batteries, we have to face gotrd s;; over the country, work to the maximum. Here is all details and maps of the fires we have to face during July 2021
http://beyond-eocenter.eu/index.php/thematic-areas/disasters/fires
As you ll see the areas are huge all over the country, in Attika -Athens as well.
Doctors, Firemen and volunteers transporting essencials for citizens , we all give a crucial fight to save lifes, properties and the desaster for the planet. The catastrofy is phenomenal. Within 116 active fires in the country the 3 fires in the city of Athens , burning houses and people was the last think expected. I strongly believe the planet need our support. Fires like that i ve never seen in my entire life...! This fire can not stop!
It will come to the center, as the heat of the last week left every centimeter of the earth deaply dry. I pray we ll be ALL UNITED on plannet as we took too much care till now as humans to our conforts and NOT to our Plannet.
ATHENS
Yesterday, Tuesday 2 of August a new huge fire in Attika, Varibobi area and Kryoneri, threatens thousants of houses. Today we cant approach the area. The goverment ask people to leave their houses to the closest communities to the fire and for the rest of citizents they advise they close all windows , doors etc as the smoke and dust is much accumulated and can poison them. At the same time another fire in a Greek village in Attica, northeast of central Athens, is blazing close to residential areas, we were there with all forces of our doctors and essencials to help on Tuesday.Strong winds reaching up to force 6 on the Beaufort scale (39-49 kilometers per hour, 25-31 miles per hour) are reportedly making the situation more difficult in the village of Stamata, North East Attica, part of the municipality of Dionysos.
"Strong firefighting forces are doing whatever possible to prevent the flames from reaching the houses of the Galini settlement in Stamata,” Vassilis Vathrakogiannis, a fire brigade spokesman, told state news agency Athens-Macedonian.
The Galini settlement has been already evacuated. The fire burns houses in town
Dionysos Mayor Yiannis Kalafatelis earlier urge people to leave their homes throught local media. The area, located in a rich forested pine area, is densely inhabited.
Firefighting forces operating in the area include 14 fire engines with 43 firefighters, two teams on foot, four firefighting aircraft, and five water-dropping helicopters. The fire was initially detected by a fire hub system which monitors natural disasters via satellite pictures in Southeastern Europe.
OUR NEEDS
We urge all friends to support our teams as Greece faces 116 fires all over the country. Athens and Attica are strongly threatened when for the next week as the heat rises to 45-47 Celcium, there are many electricity AND water cuts!!! We need equipment to approach fire victimes that refuse to abandonned their property as they had the experience of the wild fire in MATI municipality of Marathonas 2 years ago! People who left were dead even those who jumbed in the sea.
EMERGENCY NEEDS: Equipment to cover saftely volunteers doctors
Medicines and oxygen
Water, blankets for ypothermia are urgently needed.
Please take a look at the photos and links attached. Sorry i dont give much photos. It is difficult to breath and move here.!
NEXT STEP for the future of life and the planet
As we relize that heat augments all over the planet, we start a campaign of tree planting all over Greece and the planet.
After the example of just 2 people who planned within 19 years 2million trees we are convinced that aumgnenting the green areas on every part of the planet will save the life of all the human community in it.
So as Humans United Globally we invite you to OPEN YOUR HUG to HELP PEOPLE NOW and HELP THE PLANET TO RECOVER Supporting our efforts we ll hopefuly cure not only the fire victimes who augment day by day BUT OUR PLANET ITSELF
Stay by our site
turning to us in moments of crisis, uncertainty, solidarity and hope raises up for all humans.
we pray the wind stops
Help us help people
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