Argithea forest fire: Crews battle hotspots in difficult terrain

Firefighting efforts continue in the Katafyllio area of the Argithea municipality to fully extinguish a forest fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon. While the fire was brought under control late Sunday night through coordinated ground and aerial operations, crews have spent Monday and Tuesday working to extinguish scattered hotspots in difficult terrain.

According to Evangelos Arvithas, Fire Service Commander of Karditsa, the mountain's morphology made the operation challenging. It is estimated that approximately 80 stremmata of forest land, consisting of fir and pine trees, were burned in the incident.