The picture is better at first light of the big fire in Feneos, Corinthia, where hundreds of firefighters fought an overnight battle with flames burning through dense forest.

At dawn on Wednesday, 340 firefighters and 15 teams of hiking teams, 75 vehicles, and a team of drones for aerial surveillance and coordination were operating in Feneos. OTA water trucks assisted in firefighting efforts.
The firefighting efforts of the firefighting teams were supported by the firefighting teams of the Fire Department and the firefighting teams of the Fire Department.

The fire is not as intense as it was on Tuesday. The task of extinguishing it remains difficult due to the terrain and dense forest. On the positive side, there is no wind.

Fifteen aircraft and 12 helicopters were operating from the air Tuesday, two of which were for coordination.

From the first moment ,the fire that broke out at midday on Tuesday was described as very difficult. Mobilization was immediate, with a strong presence on the ground and from the air up to sundown.

As protothema.gr told the regional governor of the Peloponnese, Dmitris Ptochos, the situation is difficult and for this reason, many airborne means and water carriers were immediately requested from municipalities in order to limit the destruction.

Repeated messages from 112 for the evacuation of settlements in the area threatened by the fronts were repeated. Houses were damaged in Kastania, while there was an immediate danger for pastoralists in the wider area.

Three fronts of the fire

The fire that broke out in a dense virgin forest of fir and pine trees in Feneos Corinthia was immediately described by fire department officials as very difficult.

According to the fire brigade, the fire broke out around 15:15 in an inaccessible place, which made the work of the fire brigade difficult. As it was reported, the Fire Department’s Arson Crime Prevention Division proceeded to arrest two people who, it was announced, were doing work with a wheel and electrocution in the forest!

According to the announcement of the Fire Department: They were arrested today, under the spontaneous procedure, by officers of the Directorate of Arson Crime Prevention (D.A.E.E.) in cooperation with investigating officers of the D.I.P.Y.N. Corinthia, one (1) domestic and one (1) foreigner, for arson by negligence in a forest area during the process of hot work with a wheel and welding, in violation of the legislation, in an area of the district of Feneos Corinthia and an administrative fine of 11,812 € was imposed on them. The above are detained and will be led tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 July 2025, to the competent Public Prosecutor.

Messages from 112

The warnings sent out on Tuesday afternoon were initially for the areas of Kastania, Lavka, Drosopigi, and Karteri. Around 8:00 p.m., a new message concerned the areas of Konia, Stymphalia and Matsiza.

Meanwhile, the smoke from the fire in Feneos was visible from Tripoli, and also from Argolida.

In the evening, the flames had reached, according to ERT, the area of Kaliyanos, Corinthia, next to Lake Stymphalia, while scattered fires were burning in different places: forest land on the ridge and farmland in the lowlands.

According to information from the fire brigade, in the area of Kastania, 10 abandoned houses have been damaged while 5 inhabitable houses have had their roofs damaged; however, the final assessment will be made when the extinguishing work is completed.

Late on Tuesday night, in a statement to the AP, Corinthian Deputy Governor Anastasios Gioilis noted that the fire “presents a better picture. He added that “there are three fronts, but they do not cause much concern,” and added that “fortunately,y the intensity of the winds blowing in the area has decreased.”