Two firefighters die tackling runaway wildfire in Crete’s Rethymno, as fires rage
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Key context: <p>A new 112 alert ordered residents of Agios Georgios and Agios Pavlos to flee via the coastal road towards Agia Galini, as gale-force winds reached Beaufort 7 and the fire service called the blaze dangerous</p> <p>The post <a href="https://en.protothema.gr/2026/07/29/crete-two-wildfires-break-out-at-moroni-in-heraklion-and-nea-kria-vrysi-in-rethymno/">Two firefighters die tackling runaway wildfire in Crete’s Rethymno, as fires rage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://en.protothema.gr">ProtoThema English</a>.</p> This development from en.protothema.gr highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
A new 112 alert ordered residents of Agios Georgios and Agios Pavlos to flee via the coastal road towards Agia Galini, as gale-force winds reached Beaufort 7 and the fire service called the blaze dangerous The post Two firefighters die tackling runaway wildfire in Crete’s Rethymno, as fires rage appeared first on ProtoThema English.
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