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Weather in Greece today. 07:58, ... south of central Athens. Fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said winds at times reached gale force, while police were enlisted to remove some ...
PENTELI, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -A fast-moving wildfire fuelled by searing summer heat and strong winds spread to the edge of Athens on Monday, torching trees, houses and cars and forcing the ...
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters appeared close to containing a wildfire near Athens on Wednesday that forced dozens to flee their homes, and authorities now believe the fire was the result of ...
After the fire started over the weekend, it tore through more than 156 square miles (400 square kilometers) of forests in the Attica region and up to the suburbs of Athens. Thousands of residents ...
On the afternoon of 11 August 2024, a wildfire fire hit the northeastern Attica region of Greece. The fire broke out in the area of Varnavas, northeast of Athens, at 3:02 PM, according to Fire Colonel Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, the Fire Service spokesman and quickly spread due to strong winds. The flames caused the evacuation of many ...
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters backed by aircraft battled a blaze spreading outside Athens for a second day on Wednesday, one of hundreds ravaging a country where wildfires have already ...
The series of wildfires started with two large forest fires on August 11, 2024, at 03:00 P.M., 35 km north of Athens, near Varnavas. [2] Some of the fires in this series had flames were higher than 25 meters (80 feet). [3] The fires were ignited by hot and windy conditions in the area.
A fire destroyed a home in a neighborhood of Athens early Sunday, according to the Athens-Clarke County Fire Department. The fire was reported at 5:12 a.m. at a home on Field Avenue, firefighters ...