While firefighters battled numerous fires across the nation on Thursday, a wildfire fueled by powerful winds set off a sequence of enormous explosions at an air force weapons storage in central Greece.
The depot was evacuated before to the explosions, thus there were no injuries, and by Thursday night, the fire had completely subsided. The F-16 fighter jets at a neighbouring base were relocated to another location as a precaution, according to the Greek air force, but the base was not in immediate danger.
The loud blasts broke windows on nearby homes, but the Greek fire service said that no serious injuries were reported in the nearby villages, which were also evacuated as a precaution.
Fires have raged across parts of Greece during three successive Mediterranean heat waves in the past two weeks, leaving five people dead, including two firefighting pilots, and triggering a huge weekend evacuation of tourists on the island of Rhodes.
The depot was evacuated before to the explosions, thus there were no injuries, and by Thursday night, the fire had completely subsided. The F-16 fighter jets at a neighbouring base were relocated to another location as a precaution, according to the Greek air force, but the base was not in immediate danger.
The loud blasts broke windows on nearby homes, but the Greek fire service said that no serious injuries were reported in the nearby villages, which were also evacuated as a precaution.
Fires have raged across parts of Greece during three successive Mediterranean heat waves in the past two weeks, leaving five people dead, including two firefighting pilots, and triggering a huge weekend evacuation of tourists on the island of Rhodes.
