Nye branner...

[MaFi]

http://news.ert.gr/en/c/7/33943.asp



Så var det på\'n igjen... Tragisk!

[operafantomet]

Huff, huff, huff... Dette var ikke bra.

[Tjorven]

Håper de får tatt knekken på brannen snart. Trist å lese

[Heidrun]

http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/artikkel.php?artid=194183

Kjemper videre mot brannene i Hellas

[Tor-Atle]

Hei !
Når vi ankom Kreta i dag og nærmet oss Makrigialos, så vi svart røyk og flammer i fjellsiden rett ved Sunwing hotellet vårt... har sett på helikoptre fly skytteltrafikk og hentet vann 300 meter utenfor stranden på hotellet.. dette kombinert med sterk vind kunne gitt oss en merkelig start på ferien, men heldigvis så det ut som de fikk brannen under kontroll utover kvelden.

[MaFi]

Fra ERT:
http://news.ert.gr/en/c/7/33966.asp

Sitat:

Two Men Suspects on For Oropos Fire

Fire Fronts under Control
17 ΙοÏ...λ 2008 08:13:0  
By Athina Saloustrou

The fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in Tembi toll was put out. Strong winds blowing in the area spread the fire very quickly. Fire brigade forces arrived immediately and battled with flames. Strong forces remain in the area in order to extinguish any possible small fire fronts still burning in the area. Fires in Markopoulo, Andros Corfu and Kefalonia Islands are abating while the fire front that broke out in Akoumia of Rethymno, Crete is under partial control. In Markopoulo, residential areas were threatened while police is looking for two people driving a motorcycle as suspects for attempt of arson. Meantime, the latest fire triggered wrangling in the political scenery. PASOK president Mr. Giorgos Papandreou accused the government of abandoning forests stressing that wild fires that ravaged Greece last year were caused by arsons. SYN president Alexis Tsipras noted that a year after the fire in Ancient Olympia nothing has been done in the area. The government on its side stated: \"We are putting in effect a programme of rebirth and relief of the fire hit areas with unprecedented paces\". 3 fire fighting vehicles remain in Thessaloniki, in order to tackle possible rekindles. Fire brigade is also in alert in Sokolo of Pella in order to prevent the fire from spreading. The fire that broke out in a mountainous are in Pella is also under control.

[MaFi]

... og enda mer fra den engelske utgaven av Kathimerini:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100002_17/07/2008_98660

\"Firefighters are tested by more than 100 blazes: Areas affected fuel some suspicions\"

Sitat: \"Of the 100 blazes that broke out yesterday the great majority occured within eight municipalities that are not included in the currently expanding land register. This fueled suspicions that some of the fires may have been started deliberately by people planning to take advantage of the absence of official records to build homes on razed forestland.\"

Dette er bare så kjempetrist!!! (Hva er lærdommen fra ifjor?) Hvis noen av brannene er påtent med viten og vilje, håper jeg de klarer å ta brannstiftere og bakmenn. Hva ville skjedd dersom myndighetene sa at nedbrent område skulle fortsatt ha samme bruk som før - f.eks, være jordbruksland eller skogsareale - de neste 100 årene? Ville man unngått noen av brannene da, mon tro?