With the fire that erupted on Monday on the Greek island of Kosmore than 100 firefighters fought, as well as six planes and two helicopters. By evening, the situation had been brought under control, although the fire was still burning in some areas.
Yesterday, there was a preventive evacuation of 362 of our clients staying in the Kardamena area. The clients were evacuated to the town of Antimachia (stadium, school, parking lot at the Mylos windmills), where they were provided with water and sandwiches, as well as access to toilets – said Ewa Maruszak from the ITAKA travel agency on Tuesday.
The evacuation was coordinated on site by police officers, and the travel agency’s residents were present during the evacuation. – All our clients have now returned to their hotels. The evacuation of hotels was of a preventive nature, hotels were not directly threatened – Maruszak emphasized.
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No trips were canceled
According to information provided by ITAKA, charter operations to Kos are carried out as scheduled and so far there have been no reasons for the travel agency to cancel departures.
When asked regarding organizing earlier returns of Poles to the country, Maruszak emphasizes that they are in contact with residents, contractors, hotels and the Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in the Republic of Greece and are constantly monitoring the situation. “We will react depending on the specific situation,” he announces.
– We have operational procedures for crisis management in the event of force majeure, which we activate in crisis situations. In destinations, we cooperate with local authorities, diplomatic missions and our representatives. The responsible departments of the company are tasked with developing the logistics of a specific tourist repatriation operation, if necessary, in cooperation with, among others, airlines – Maruszak said.
Summer is especially dangerous
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday that this summer “is expected to be particularly dangerous” because of the fires. “We had an exceptionally difficult June in terms of weather conditions, with high levels of drought and unusually strong winds for this part of the season,” Mitsotakis told a cabinet meeting Monday.
“We are entering a difficult fire season and it will certainly not be possible to effectively fight fires without the help of society, especially in the field of prevention,” Mitsotakis noted.
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