Greece fires under control as reconstruction begins
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Fires burning for over a week that caused Greece's worst ecological disaster in decades were finally…
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Rain helps firefighters in Greece but flare-ups continue
by Yannick Pasquet ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Rain overnight in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece have helped "improve the situation" on…
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‘I’m lost’: Greek farmer overcome after fire burns goat herd
by Alexandros KOTTIS PAPPADES, Greece (AFP) -- Stunned, Kostis Angelou wanders between the corpses of his goats, all 372 of…
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Greece wildfires ‘slowly coming under control’: mayor
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Hundreds of firefighters were battling to control two massive wildfires in Greece on Wednesday, one raging…
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Huge force struggling to contain Greek fires
by Alexandros Kottis with John Hadoulis in Athens AVGARIA, Greece (AFP) -- Backed by a huge multinational force, Greek firefighters…
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Desperate Greeks flee as fires ravage Evia island
by Alexandros KOTTIS with Katerina NIKOLOPOULOU in Athens GOUVES, Greece (AFP) -- Hundreds of Greek islanders packed up their belongings…
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Hundreds of families homeless as Greek fires rage, rain saves Turkey
Hundreds of firefighters fought fires that have devoured record numbers of woodlands in Greece on Saturday and left hundreds of…
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Greece, Turkey battle fierce fires as heatwave continues
by AFP bureaus ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze on the outskirts of Athens on Friday…
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Flames surround island monastery as fires rage in Greece
by Marina RAFENBERG ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- At least 150 houses were destroyed by a raging fire that surrounded a…
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Greece hopes to bring wildfires under control ‘in coming hours’
VARYMPOMPI, Greece (AFP) -- Greek firefighters said Wednesday that they hope to bring a forest fire blazing near Athens under…
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Greece suffering worst heatwave for three decades: PM
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece is suffering its worst heatwave since 1987, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Monday, as…
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Fires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
by Raziye AKKOC with AFP bureaus ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern…
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