The fire on Serifos island is without an active front after the all-night battle with the flames given by the Hellenic Fire Service, leaving damages to houses, chapels and warehouses.
Dozens of volunteers and aid from Syros and Piraeus helped the firefighters extinguish the fires that were raging since late in the afternoon on Saturday.
According to the Fire Service statement, at this time on the Cyclades island there are only scattered outbreaks within the burned areas, which are gradually extinguished by the firefighters.
Thirty-three firefighters with 15 vehicles are operating at the scene, including seven firefighters with three vehicles who traveled yesterday afternoon by ferry from Syros with the ferry “ARTEMIS” and 22 firefighters with 11 vehicles who traveled last night from Piraeus with the ferry ” WIND”, while from the first light of the day a helicopter has been carrying out aerial water drops.
According to statements made by the Mayor of Serifos, Constantinos Revinthis, to SKAI television, the fire caused damage to houses, chapels and warehouses.
On Saturday, three messages were sent from the 112 cell-phone warning of the Civil Protection asking for the evacuation of several settlements on Serifos. Specifically, the settlements of Ramos, Livadakia, Karavi, Koutalas, Ganema, Vaya, Kalo Ambeli and Livadi were evacuated promptly.
“No idea what caused the fire”
The Serifos mayor spoke extensively to Mega television on Sunday morning giving an early estimate of the damages.
“The fire is under control, it has been brought under control in all places. Now we’re just doing surveillance work. All of southwestern Serifos has burned. We are talking about an area where the fire stopped in the sea. We succeeded and stopped one side of the fire front, we were also helped by the wind pushing it towards the burnt area, so we managed to extinguish it and here, above the beach of Vaya and from the side of Ramos, we succeeded and stopped it”, Revinthis said.
“No account has been taken so far,” the mayor continued, “but certainly some houses have suffered serious damage; there are warehouses full of goods that have been burnt to the ground. Also, some chapels have been damaged. Some people have evacuated their houses but they can come back now. We have no idea what caused the fire. It was a very difficult night, the winds were very strong. The Fire Service forces are watching at all points. I was told by the ministry that helicopters will arrive shortly to carry out targeted extinguishing,” the Serifos mayor added.