Alykes

The Municipality of Volos warned the public on Friday against swimming in eight of its beaches to protect public health, after thousands of dead fish appeared at the city's coast and port.

The warning concerns the beaches Soutrali in Agria, Plakes, Anavros, Xenia, Pefkakia (municipal coast of Volos), Alykes, Amfanon and Amaryllis.

The General Directorate of Public Health Social Care of the Thessaly Region, with a document sent to the Municipality of Volos, recommends avoiding swimming in the following bathing beaches:

A wildfire that has engulfed parts of the Greek island of Thasos and left five firemen injured, raged for a third day Monday, burning through some 10,000 hectares of forest.

The fire, which is believed to have been sparked by lightning on Friday evening, has also destroyed at least eight homes and dozens of farm buildings, while hundreds of livestock died from smoke inhalation.

The Municipality of Saronikos placed a special electronically-charged ramp for handicapped people at the beaches of Alykes Anavyssos and Galazia Akti at Lagonisi. A wooden pathway leading to the sea makes it easier for people with problems to make their way to the sea.