Kikilias: Investigators looking into 15 simultaneous fire breakouts in Evros Region
This year (2023), he said, is the worst of all summers since the meteorological data began being recorded and the fire threat alerts have been first issued, "an unprecedented situation." He added that "Seven times this summer several large regions of Greece were placed under the highest alert (5). This is twice as many times as in 2021, four times as many as in 2019 and seven times as many as in 2012."