Fire on Hydra
Kelsey Edwards • 20 June 2021
At Mandraki

Early this evening at approximately 18:00 a fire broke out at the Mandraki landfill site on Hydra Island.
The island's emergency volunteer firefighting service have rushed to the scene.
Vangelis Gionis of the sea taxi, Seabird, was on the water and captured this video.
Hopefully quick action will prevent the fire spreading.
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Hydra hit carnival mode at full blast with a smashing turn out, some really good new costumes and everyone had lots of fun. The 2nd of March 2025, was a warm, bright day, very spring like with no rain. Everyone gathered in Votsi Square from 14:30 and once the music horse (impressively calm and seemed to understand that it wasn't a riot) had fully functioning speakers, the procession set off at about 15:00.

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