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Greek firefighters battle to tame massive wildfires

Source: Gulf News

Athens : Greece | 3 months ago

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The massive wildfires broke out on Friday and have razed about 37,000 acres of forest and brush, damaged or destroyed scores of homes and forced thousands to flee outlying areas of the Greek capital. Six major fires were burning Monday across Greece, including blazes on the islands of Evia and Skyros...

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