In pics: Greece battles wildfires for third day, dozens evacuated
Published on Aug 05, 2021 04:25 PM IST
- More than a dozen villages have been evacuated on the island of Evia near Athens since July 3. Around 85 people were rescued by boat from a beach as the wildfire scorched pine trees and sent clouds of ash and smoke into the air.
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Greek authorities ordered more evacuations on an island near Athens and battled a blaze near the site of the ancient Olympic Games in the western Peloponnese as wildfires burned for the third day.(AP)
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A helicopter drops water during a wildfire in ancient Olympia, western Greece on August 5. 2021. Fire crews fight elsewhere to keep flames away from the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games as the country sweltered under a record heat wave. (AP)
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A wildfire burns a forest near Kechries village on the island of Evia, about 144 kilometers (90 miles) north of Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou)
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An aircraft drops water during a wildfire in ancient Olympia, western Greece on August 5. (AP)
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Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Kechries village. Forest fires fuelled by a protracted heat wave raged overnight and into Thursday in Greece, threatening the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics and forcing the evacuation of dozens of villages. (AP)
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Greek firefighters have been battling several heatwave-fuelled forest infernos, including around Athens that have destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and businesses and forced the evacuation of villages, and others in the south and on the island of Euboea.(AP)
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Temperatures of more than 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and strong winds have fanned more than 150 wildfires in different areas of the country in recent days, adding to the conflagrations in Turkey and other areas of the Mediterranean.(AP)
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A forest fire engulfs the forest of a mountain side in the area of Platanos village, near ancient Olympia in western Greece on August 4.(STR/Eurokinissi/AFP)
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