Fire Brigade, police experts to investigate Evros fires by order of Civil Protection's Hardalias

Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias on Wednesday ordered a team of fire brigade and police experts to investigate, on site, the causes of the multiple fires that have recently broken out in the Evros region.

"In the last 48 hours, 15 forest fires broke out in Evros, in the municipalities of Alexandroupolis, Soufli, Didimoticho and Orestiada, and according to the statistics of recent years, the number of new fires is unprecedented in relation to seasonal meteorological data. The state mechanism is on alert and vigilant, in order to immediately deal with any new fires, but also to investigate theis causes," said the Chief of the Fire Brigade Stefanos Kolokouris.