Greek authorities announced yesterday, Wednesday, that firefighting teams are struggling to extinguish a big fire that broke out in pine forests near the city of "Corinth" in the southwest of the country, and its fires blew strong winds, indicating that it evacuated the residents of three neighboring villages, an institution for the care of the disabled and a summer camp for children.

The Greek news agency ANA quoted a spokesperson for the firefighters, Vassilis Vatrakoyianis, as saying that the fire, whose smoke could be seen from about 60 km on the Peloponnese Peninsula, was "no longer an active front."

"Despite this, the flames continue to burn in many pockets scattered over a large area," he added.

And firefighters reinforced their elements, on Wednesday evening, and the number of participants in the efforts to put out the fire amounted to about 180 elements, supported by about 40 trucks, 6 planes, and 8 helicopters to extinguish the fire, knowing that the planes and helicopters cannot fly at night and have to resume their movement at the start of the day.

This fire comes two years after the catastrophic fire that struck the coastal village of Mati, located about 30 km northeast of Athens, and killed one 102 people.

It is reported that forest fires are common in Greece in summer, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius.