{"id":12845,"date":"2026-06-25T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12845"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:46:00","slug":"fire-in-heraklion-two-businesses-were-completely-destroyed-at-least-three-homes-were-damaged-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12845","title":{"rendered":"Fire in Heraklion: Two businesses were completely destroyed; at least three homes were damaged (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <b>Fire Department<\/b>, the <strong>fire<\/strong> that <strong>broke out in a lumberyard<\/strong> in an area between Lofoupoli and Agios Ioannis Chostos, in <b>Heraklion Crete<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out around 3:00 p.m., and the operation launched by the Fire Department, using both ground and aerial resources, was immediate, while reinforcements were continuously arriving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed_media\" data-embed-provider=\"YouTube\">\n<div class=\"dp-youtube-video dp-embed-video\" data-embed=\"eJNwm3YqFFQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eJNwm3YqFFQ?feature=oembed\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As stated by Heraklion Deputy Regional Governor Nikos Syrigonakis, who was on the scene from the very beginning, \u201c<b>it appears that two businesses have been completely destroyed by the fire, and at least three houses<\/b> have been damaged<\/a><\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Deputy Regional Governor of Heraklion described it as a <b>difficult operation, while congratulating the Fire Department on its prompt response<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed_media\" data-embed-provider=\"YouTube\">\n<div class=\"dp-youtube-video dp-embed-video\" data-embed=\"fjdsHbGjAnY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fjdsHbGjAnY?feature=oembed\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <b>fire quickly spread<\/b> due to the flammable materials present at the factory in Heraklion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed_media\" data-embed-provider=\"YouTube\">\n<div class=\"dp-youtube-video dp-embed-video\" data-embed=\"jhQ9WCh8HKE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jhQ9WCh8HKE?feature=oembed\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Due to the seriousness of the incident <strong>, emergency services were alerted via 112<\/strong>, and an alert message was sent to citizens\u2019 cell phones due to the thick smoke.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f 1\ufe0f\u20e31\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e3 activated<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udd98 Fire at a lumber warehouse in the area #Agios_Ioannis in Chostou, Heraklion, in the Regional Unit of #Heraklion Crete. Smoke in the area. <br \/>\u203c\ufe0fStay indoors; close doors and windows. <br \/>\u203c\ufe0f Follow the authorities\u2019 instructions.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 112 Greece (@112Greece) June 25, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Fire Department, the fire that broke out in a lumber warehouse in an area between Lofoupoli &#8230; is now under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}