Mayor of Kythira repeatedly asked for more help before disastrous fire

In the wake of last week’s huge fire on the island of Kythira, off the Peloponnese, which razed some 2,300 hectares of farmland, Kathimerini has learned that the island’s mayor, Efstratios Harhalakis, had written to three different fire service chiefs over the past two-and-a-half years, warning about the acute shortages in the island’s firefighting equipment and staff.