The incident occurred Friday evening on the Greek island of Hydra, several people were arrested.
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The yacht had been rented by 17 foreign tourists, who partied on board on Friday evening and set off fireworks, which caused a huge fire in Hydra’s unique pine forest. They apparently tried to put out the fire, without success, then called the firefighters before taking off.
13 Greeks who were part of the yacht’s crew were arrested and were expected to be brought to justice. They risk being fined heavily or even imprisoned.
To investigate what happened on Friday evening, the Greek Coast Guard requested information on the vessels that were present in the area at the time of the fire, which allowed them to conclude that it was involved a yacht called “Persefoni I”, which, at the request of the prosecutor, was confiscated.
According to the Greek Minister of Climate Change and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, 300 hectares went up in smoke. Six planes and two teams of forest rangers were used to put out the fire, Kikilias said, adding that personnel used there had been unable to participate in crucial extinguishing operations taking place in other areas. from the country.
