To fully control the two different fires which took place in Markopoulos, Attica, east, at noon on Tuesday, was an immediate success firemen and volunteers, in less than an hour and a half.
To extinguish them, 40 firefighters were mobilized with 2 groups of pedestrians from the 1st EMODE, 20 vehicles, 2 aircraft and 3 helicopters.
It is recalled that the flames broke out shortly after 2:00 pm on Myrrinountos Street, at a distance of 700-800 meters from each other, where undergrowth and olive trees were burning.