Whole neighbourhoods are being evacuated from nearby the capital as firefighters mount huge effort to put out blazes
Greek authorities have warned people to stay indoors with their “windows closed” as 400 firefighters battled to contain blazes on the outskirts ofHuge clouds of billowing smoke had by mid-afternoon on Sunday darkened the skies above the capital as 10 groups of “forest commandos” backed by water-bombing aircraft, helicopters and fire engines tried to douse flames fanned by gale-force winds. Volunteers had also joined the fight near the village of Varnava about 35km north of the city.
While one fire in western Attica had been brought under control, a second blaze north-east of Athens was still not contained. By nightfall the inferno was reported to be racing eastwards with the efforts of water-dropping planes stymied by the powerful winds. At least 10 communities around Varnava had been evacuated and firefighters were expected to continue throughout the night.
In a first this summer the country registered a week-long heatwave before mid-June, a sign of the accelerated pace of climate breakdown., are reported to have died earlier in the summer from heat exhaustion suffered as they took walks in blistering temperatures. Mosley is believed to have died barely two hours after he set off on a walk from a beach on the remote island of Symi in temperatures topping 40C.
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