Fires are raging in the suburbs of Athens. The Bank of Cyprus' volunteer organization SupportCY sent a team of five volunteer firefighters to help put out the fires on Sunday.
Team members carried personal protective equipment, firefighting equipment, medicines and medical equipment to donate to residents of the affected areas.
The volunteers headed to the town of Nea Makri, west of Athens. They work at the relief center and collaborate with local firefighters and The Smile of the Child. Volunteers were given territory under their responsibility in the forests on the outskirts of the city.
A photograph of volunteers giving a turtle found in the forest a drink of water from a bottle has gone viral on the Internet. Photo from SupportCY Facebook page:
Meanwhile, fires continue to spread in forests and villages northwest of Athens, but the situation is now considered stable and the fire is expected to end soon. The fire had destroyed 8,500 hectares of land as of Tuesday, according to the European agency Copernicus.
Below you can see Copernicus satellite footage showing the scale of the disaster.
Image: CopernicusThe text was prepared based on materials from “Sigma”
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