Unprecedented summer temperatures after the warmest winter ever have turned terrain into a tinderbox, environmentalists say
Firefighters were battling to contain a massive blaze moving “like lightning” on the outskirts of Athens with authorities evacuating ever more people from towns, villages and hospitals as flames ripped through trees, homes and cars. Propelled by gale-force winds, the wildfire had assumed a 20-kilometre front by today despite “superhuman” efforts by forest commandos and volunteers to douse the inferno overnight.
By mid-morning orders for the evacuation of eleven villages and towns, including the ancient Marathon, had been issued as Greek authorities rushed to move residents out of stricken areas. Large parts of Mount Pendeli, north of Athens, have also been engulfed by flames.
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