It took firefighters from Saturday to Monday to get to the fire. They are intervening in Greece

/ PHOTOGALLERY, VIDEO / The crews of three fire engines from Central Bohemia set out to help the fire to a great distance. Nine men with two tanks and a transport vehicle, filled for other cases with a completely atypical provisions, went to help Greece plagued by forest fires.

Just like during the intervention in South Moravia, the Central Bohemian firefighters left Říčany after the tornado was raging - but this time they knew that they would not go to the scene for long hours. This road to the fire was budgeted for days. And supplies prepared so that the unit is as self-sufficient as possible.

The Central Bohemian team left the base in Prague-East on Saturday morning - and arrived on the spot together with colleagues from all over the country on Monday. Everyone could only guess what awaited them there. Only the target was given: οελοπόννησος, Νομός Αρκαδίας, Μεγαλόπολη. He is going to the Peloponnese, to the local region of Arcadia - perhaps somewhere to the city of Megalopolis, when the original assumptions that the destination will be around Athens have not been confirmed. With more detailed instructions later specified by local colleagues.

However, South Moravia played an important role this time as well. The meeting place of the whole expedition from the Czech Republic, which also includes firefighters from Prague (they also informed on Twitter about the deployment of platoon leader Petr Vodička, who already has a trip to Lebanon, where he was a liaison officer during the USAR team in Beirut) A weirdo in the Břeclav region. A convoy of 36 firefighters with 15 vehicles and two trailers set out from there on Saturday. And it only took 24 hours to get to the resting place on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Exactly 24 hours and 15 minutes from the exit from Podivín, the unit commander Richard Franc specified. With the complications occurring mainly in Hungary, where the convoy spent five hours in the columns; despite the fact that his passage was assisted by a police escort. Not only heavy traffic was allegedly to blame, but also the number of accidents around Budapest. Fortunately, the night passage through Romania was bypassed without a hitch, when a herd of cows ran into the moving firefighting equipment.

Already around Athens, the smoke of fires showed that the area was still bad - and this is a region where firefighters have already begun to win over the fire. Following the country roads, the Czech fire brigade, with refueled tanks and water pumped in the tanks, reached the address of their temporary residence: Δόξα. They set up base camp on Monday near the village of Doxa in the central part of the Peloponnese, where they are to operate in the assigned sector. Shortly after arriving, according to Franco, they deployed all their equipment to fight the fire.

Firefighters from a total of 22 countries set out to help Greece, where fiery horrors of apocalyptic proportions are observed by Czech tourists. These are mostly European Union countries (of which the largest smoke, with three aircraft, was sent by France); however, there are also Ukrainians, Israelis or Egyptians or Americans. The Slovaks left on Sunday, and are twice as numerous as the Czech delegation.

For our firefighters, involvement is important not only because it is about providing assistance; it will also allow you to gain valuable experience. We also know more extensive fires in the natural environment - especially from recent years, when a period of long-lasting drought occurred.

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