More than 40 fires broke out in Greece in just one day, the Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported, citing data from the fire service.

In most cases, the fire is controlled quickly.

The causes of the fires are currently being investigated.

During the weekend, a large fire broke out in the area of ​​the capital Athens, which forced the evacuation of a settlement.

The fire broke out from a substation of the Greek energy operator in a hard-to-reach area, and strong winds spread it quickly, and due to thick smoke and danger to residential areas, authorities yesterday ordered the evacuation of the village of Ano Vula.

Its residents were housed in a nearby school.

Although the fire has been contained, there are still teams of firefighters in the area to respond to fires.

The great fire over Athens: 4 helicopters and 170 firefighters continue to put out

The damage caused by the fire is currently being described. 

According to the director of the National Climate Change Network CLIMPACT, Nikos Michalopoulos, in the coming years in the southeastern Mediterranean, the period of fire danger could reach 40 days a year, according to the electronic edition of the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. 

"The southeastern Mediterranean is warming faster than the planet as a whole and temperatures have already risen by 1.5 degrees," said Manolis Plionis, director of the National Observatory in Athens, during a forum on climate change on the island of Kithira. air pollution '. 

The data presented at the forum show that climate change is already seriously affecting the Mediterranean Sea and affecting the marine ecosystem.

For the period 1982 - 2020 the water temperature increased by 2.08 degrees.

Among the changes that have been noticed are an increase in the salinity of the water, an increase in sea level, an increase in the height of the waves in the Aegean and Ionian seas when north winds blow, and a decrease in oxygen access to greater depths. 

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