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Wildfires Rage Across Greece as EU RescEU Aircraft Arrive
- Saturday saw multiple wildfires near Athens and across Greece, with scorched land and destroyed vehicles spotted in Thymari.
- Severe heatwave conditions and strong winds have driven destructive wildfires, reflecting a trend of frequent blazes in recent years.
- Thick smoke and erratic winds trapped fire engines as the fire that started in Afidnes on Saturday spread through multiple towns, evacuation orders were issued on Sunday.
- On Kythera the blaze affected 20% of the island, and “Houses, beehives, olive trees have been burnt” Giorgos Komninos said.
- Vassilis Vathrakoyannis said “The real difficulties are ahead of us,” noting Greece requested six EU firefighting planes and awaited two Italian aircraft expected Sunday.
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Firefighters tackle blazes as wildfires break out in Greece, Turkey and Albania
A politician in Turkey described the scene as "an apocalypse" as forests burned and more than 1,100 firefighters battled the flames. Meanwhile, in Greece, some suburbs of Athens have been evacuated.
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Numerous residents and holiday fans must be evacuated in Greece, Italy & Turkey. There are catastrophic conditions ...
Turkey continues to be ravaged by raging forest fires. Thousands of firefighters and other personnel are deployed across the country to extinguish the blazes. However, they have not been able to prevent the destruction of vast areas of forest and land. Villages have been evacuated en masse, and fatalities have already occurred, including ten forest workers and a firefighter with his foot in a cast.
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