Fokida – Bulldozer operator succumbs to wounds sustained during fire fighting

The news from Fokida is tragic. The operator of the machine that fell off the cliff on Monday morning, succumbed to his wounds.

The tragic incident took place around 11:00 in the morning in Eratini, Fokida, with an operator falling off a cliff while working in the wider area of ​​the fire. According to the testimony of a resident of the area to lamiareport.gr, at the time when the huge machine was moving from the cemetery of Eratini to the village of Milia, near the place “Amygdalia”. It is not known how it fell off the cliff.

The huge machine after slipping tumbled and stopped in the middle of the slope after about thirty meters. A large operation was then carried out to free the pilot who was in the cabin of the machine. Unfortunately, the operator did not make it.