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Greek Coastal Fire Reaches Sea As France Allows Mass Return
Greek firefighters battled blazes near Athens as authorities ordered evacuations and warned of extreme wildfire risk, with more than 200 people moved by sea.
- On Saturday, wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway. Authorities issued emergency alerts for Attica and Evia, warning of extreme wildfire risk.
- Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer following successive record-breaking heatwaves and little rain. Britain reported 2,877 heat-related deaths earlier this week, while Austria's Agency for Health and Food Safety recorded 395 deaths in June.
- More than 300 firefighters are battling a conflagration in Boeotia, where over 200 people from Agios Vasileios were evacuated by sea. Another 12 people fleeing the same blaze were rescued from Porto Germeno by the Greek Coast Guard.
- France faces renewed danger in the Var department, where a fire flared up on Friday, burning more than 1,000 hectares in six hours. Spain continued battling wildfire hot spots on Saturday, two days after declaring the end of a national emergency.
- Low water levels along the Danube have forced Romania's Nuclearelectrica to shut one reactor, with a second expected to follow soon, potentially depriving the country of a fifth of its electricity needs. River transport in Hungary and Serbia is also affected, with barges reducing loads through narrowing shipping lanes.
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A fire roller is driven towards Athens, strong gusts make extinguishing more difficult. Meanwhile, the fire brigades in Spain and France continue to fight against forest fires and report successes.
·Hamburg, Germany
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Large-scale forest fires continue to rage in Greece, Spain and France, and because of heat, drought and heavy winds, thousands of hectares of forest are being destroyed and thousands of people are forced to flee their homes.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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