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Wildfires rage in Greece

Wildfires in Greece mostly under control

Greek fire brigade officials on Monday afternoon appeared confident that efforts to extinguish the last remaining wildfires in Attica prefecture would be successful by nightfall, with the emphasis now shifting to preventing any rekindling of fires. Full story

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Major wildfires in Europe in recent years

Huge wildfires, which occurred on Aug. 21 near Greece's capital city of Athens, has covered more than 48,600 hectares of woodland.

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2009-08-25 04:05:08 GMT Xinhua English ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters battling the wildfires that charred large swathes of forests and forced thousands to flee homes gained the upper hand by Monday afternoon.

Turkey sends fire-fighting plane to help Greece

2009-08-24 23:41:40 GMT Xinhua English ANKARA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Turkey sent Monday a fire-fighting plane to help Greece battle the raging fire which has devoured forests and forced thousands to leave their homes near Athens since late Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Macedonia to help Greece fight wildfires

2009-08-24 23:22:13 GMT Xinhua English TIRANA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Macedonia said Monday that it is ready to help Greece fight the wildfires sweeping the areas near Athens, news reaching here from Skopje reported.

Wildfires in Greece mostly under control

2009-08-24 19:23:22 GMT Xinhua English ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Greek fire brigade officials on Monday afternoon appeared confident that efforts to extinguish the last remaining wildfires in Attica prefecture would be successful by nightfall, with the emphasis now shifting to preventing any rekindling of fires.

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Wildfire rages in Greece

2009-08-25 05:37:19 GMT SINA.com Locals try to extinguish a forest fire in Varnava village, northeast of Athens.

Greek wildfires continue raging

2009-08-24 16:46:59 GMT Xinhua English ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Forest fires in the north of Athens continued raging on Monday despite the mobilization of more water-bombing aircraft and rescue assistance from other European Union (EU) states.

Wildfires continue to rage in Greece

2009-08-24 05:46:30 GMT Xinhua English ATHENS, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Huge wildfires gaining forces in strong winds were devouring houses and large patches of forest and forcing thousands to abandon homes near Athens on Sunday.

Big fires occur in Marathon in Greece

2009-08-22 16:25:18 GMT Xinhua English ATHENS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Big fires occurred in Marathon area close to Greek capital on Saturday, threatening the villages and Penteli mountain nearby. No injuries were reported so far.