00:00 A massive wildfire was still burning intensively in northeastern Greece for the 11th day on
00:06 Tuesday despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters to control it.
00:11 The blaze has swept through vast tracts of land in the Alexandropolis and Evros region,
00:16 with the epicenter deep in a forest near the border with Turkey in an area difficult to
00:20 access.
00:21 The intensity and spread of the fire has prompted a coordinated response from the European Union.
00:28 The commission at this moment is coordinating relief efforts on various fronts via the EU
00:33 civil protection mechanism across Europe.
00:36 So most notably in Greece's Alexandropolis region, we are facing the largest wildfire
00:41 ever recorded in the EU.
00:44 In this context, we have mobilized 12 aircraft from our rescue fleet together with over 500
00:51 firefighters and 60 vehicles.
00:55 In Athens, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a government meeting on how to rehabilitate
01:00 the burnt forest in Evros and Panitha.
01:02 There have been 21 wildfire-related deaths in Greece over the past week, the highest
01:07 figure registered in the EU since records began in 2000.
01:11 (thunder rumbling)
01:14 (whooshing)
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