Hospitals evacuated as wildfires spread near Greek capital

Monday, 12 August 2024 (4 hours ago)

Hospitals evacuated as wildfires spread near Greek capital

A children's hospital has been evacuated as hundreds of firefighters battle to contain a major wildfire near Athens.

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News video: Greek police evacuate elderly people near Athens amid blazing wildfires

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Greek police officers help evacuate elderly people from their homes as wildfires blaze in Varnavas, some 40km north of Athens. Thousands of people living around the Greek capital have fled their homes as a huge wildfire front creeps closer, despite "superhuman" efforts to contain the blaze, officials...

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Hundreds more firefighters deployed to contain 'exceptionally dangerous' fire raging through Greece [Video]

Hundreds more firefighters deployed to contain 'exceptionally dangerous' fire raging through Greece

Greek firefighting authorities have tripled the amount of firefighters sent to contain an 'exceptionally dangerous' fire with flames at times over 25-metres tall and raging just 44 kilometres north of the country's capital.

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Major wildfire rages out of control on the fringes of the Greek capital

Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than 30 water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of...
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