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Almost 700 firefighters backed by volunteers, 190 fire engines and 33 waterbombing aircraft battled the conflagration that broke out at 3 p.m. (midday GMT) on Sunday near Varnavas 35 km (20 miles ...
Crews in France have been battling their own blaze after a fire in southwestern Lot-et-Garonne ravaged 44 hectares of forest, according to French broadcaster, France 3. More than 150 firefighters ...
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 ...
By Renee Maltezou. ATHENS (Reuters) - Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the remnants of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman, torched buildings, devoured woodland and forced ...
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 ...
The Greek fire service said the blaze near Athens — one of dozens all over the country Wednesday — had been largely contained but firefighters would remain on alert all evening to stop it ...
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Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States.The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. [5] Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. [6]