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Konitsa: Fire Within 1 Kilometer of Homes, Civil Protection Official Tells Mega News 104.6

From Ta Nea · () Greek

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  • A wildfire continues to burn virgin forest near Konitsa in difficult, steep terrain.
  • Municipal Civil Protection official Giorgos Mitsos said lightning caused the fire and that it had reached within 1 kilometer of homes.

The battle against the flames continues in Konitsa, where a wildfire is burning virgin forest in terrain described as particularly difficult, steep and inaccessible. The fire is now 1 kilometer from homes.

Giorgos Mitsos, the municipal councilor responsible for Civil Protection, told Mega News 104.6 that the blaze was caused by lightning. He said it is destroying forest made up of black pine and Bosnian pine.

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