LIVE – Fires in Sicily: Two charred bodies found in Cinisi near Palermo airport

Greek police have announced that the body of a man has been found burned on the island of Evia.

“Today we Greeks mourn the tragic death of our pilots Christos Moulas and Pericles Stephanidis in Euboea,” tweeted Canadian Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a Canadian plane crash that killed two people.

“They gave their lives, saved lives. Their daily firefighting work proves how dangerous. But how great is the selflessness of the frontline fighters. The state stands with the families of the two heroes with respect,” he added.

Italian news agency Anza reported that two charred bodies were found in Sinisi near Palermo airport in Italy.

The same source adds that the victims, still unidentified, will be two septuagenarians.

Firefighters in Algeria continued their efforts to extinguish 13 blazes in the north and east of the country on Tuesday, officials said, bringing most of the wildfires that have killed at least 34 people in recent days under control.

“After continuous mobilization throughout the night from Monday to Tuesday, the Civil Defense managed to put out the majority of the fire, or 80%,” the Ministry of Interior said in a press release on Tuesday.

Thirteen outbreaks were reported in seven wilayahs (prefectures) in the north and east, the ministry added. Aerial firefighting assets and improved weather, including temperatures as low as 48 degrees in some areas, greatly aided firefighters’ progress, according to the same source.

Greek Defense Minister Nicos Dentias has announced three days of national mourning for the military after the Canadian plane crashed on the island of Euboea.

He sent “his thoughts” to their relatives and colleagues.

30 fire crews are currently on the job in Sicily, with firefighters saying they are facing a “critical situation” due to the blaze. In a press release.

“In Montello, Sperragavallo, Barcarello, Capo Gallo, Monreale, San Martino delle Scale, evacuations were carried out to prevent houses near the front of the flames,” they described. A camp has been evacuated in San Vito lo Capo and another in Puglia.

“More than 60 interventions in the last 24 hours” have been recorded in Calabria.

The two pilots of a Canadian water bomber that crashed Tuesday while fighting a forest fire in southern Greece on the island of Euboea were killed, the Greek defense ministry said.

The crash happened as hundreds of firefighters and at least four planes battled the blaze on the island near Athens and Greece has been hit by ten days of hot temperatures.

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“A Greek Canadian plane crashed on the island of Evia fighting flames,” Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Tuesday.

“Our thoughts are with the crew’s relatives, their comrades and the Greek people,” he added, adding, “in Greece, in France, everywhere, we support the heroes who risk their lives every summer in the face of fire.”

A forest fire broke out at Cognes Sir Mer (Alps-Maritimes). Firefighters say the fire broke out Tuesday in an urban area located at Moulin du Loup on the highway.

In total, about forty firefighters have been mobilized in the intervention, as well as a water-bombing helicopter that is currently increasing the number of drops.

On BFMTV, the mayor of the commune, Luis Negre, announced at 5pm that the fire was “fixed, it is being extinguished”.

The fire that broke out in the East Mani Municipal Forest in the Laconia area was quickly brought under control.

31 firefighters, 13 vehicles and an aircraft were involved in the operation.

The Copernicus Institute reported that 13,312 hectares had burned on the Greek island of Rhodes.

“Search and rescue operations are underway for the two airmen,” it said. In a press release General Staff of the Greek Air Force after the Canadian plane crashed south of the island of Euboea.

The aircraft was a CL-215 type and the pilots were from the 112th Fighter Wing’s 355th Tactical Transport Wing. Two helicopters are on site.

There are reports of a forest fire in the mountains near Dubrovnik, Croatia Heavenly message. The fire broke out during the night and a hundred firefighters were involved.

The Canadian plane was flying over the Greek island of Euboea. According to Greek media, the plane was flying over Charistos when it went down. Firefighters confirmed to AFP.

“A Greek Canadian plane with at least two people on board crashed near Platanisto,” fire department spokesman Yanis Artopios told AFP.

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According to the Copernicus Institute, several European countries are placed at “very serious risk” of fire risk.

These are northeastern Spain, southeastern France, most of central and southern Italy, Kosovo, Albania, and Cyprus.

Others are already in flames: southern Greece and southwestern Turkey.

Greek authorities are increasing evacuation orders on Tuesday. Thus they invite the inhabitants of Vati and Genati in Rhodes to move towards Lindos. People living in Pilimiri and Lachania should go to Apolakia.

The same thing with those at Loutses, Corfu, called to evacuate the king. Those in Imerolia, Siki, Kalamaki and Apraos should head towards Cassiopeia.

The Greek Ministry of Culture notes on Twitter that the Acropolis will be closed today, Tuesday, from 1pm to 5pm due to “weather conditions”.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Tuesday that Greece was going through a “difficult summer” and facing the “consequences of the climate crisis”, while his country was still suffering from several fires caused by heat waves.

“Fighting fires will always be difficult because we are living with the consequences of the climate crisis,” the Conservative prime minister said during a cabinet meeting.

Firefighters are working hard on Tuesday to put out violent fires that have swept through northern and eastern Algeria and killed at least 34 people since Sunday.

“As of 8:30 a.m. today (9:30 a.m. Paris time), of the 97 reported fires, only 15 remain,” civil defense information officer Karim Belhafsi told national television on Tuesday, including two in the worst-hit wilayah (prefecture) Bejaya.

Turkish authorities evacuated a dozen homes and a hospital as a precaution on Tuesday after a wildfire raged through about 120 hectares of forest near the Mediterranean resort town of Kemer in Antalya province.

Tourism and Culture Minister Nouri Ersoy said 10 Canadian planes and 22 helicopters were deployed to fight the fire. He said that the fire should be brought under control during the day.

Greek firefighters are still battling fires on the islands of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea (southeast), Corfu in the Ionian Sea (northwest) and Euboea, a large island east of Athens. The images of the Rhodes fire were taken by the European Copernicus satellite, which we develop in this article.

The wildfire, fueled by strong winds, has already destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and vegetation without causing any casualties at this stage.

Falcone Porcellino Airport Palermo, the second largest in Sicily, was forced to close until 11am this Tuesday due to a forest fire too close to the slopes. Dozens of flights have been canceled, delayed or diverted.

Ground services warned that if the airport could be reopened by the end of the morning, “only a limited number of departing flights would be authorized”. The local civil defense department said that train traffic has also been affected by the fire.

Hello and welcome to all those directly dedicated to the fires that will strike this Tuesday in several countries bordering the Mediterranean: Italy, Greece and Algeria.

At least 34 people died in a fire in northeastern Algeria on Monday. “Out of 97 reported fires, only 15 have survived,” the Civil Defense Information Officer announced on Tuesday.

In Italy, the island of Sicily has been hit by a huge heat wave and a terrible fire has spread. Flights resumed at Palermo airport after a short pause. The flames continue to destroy several Greek islands.