Greece battling roaring wildfires as violent winds send flames towards Athens as hundreds evacuated across tourist towns
The Sun
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FIREFIGHTERS are battling raging wildfires closing in on Athens, with mass evacuations underway across Greece.
Blazes fed by gale-force winds have flared across several Greek islands, destroying vegetation and burning houses.
On Saturday morning 29 planes and helicopters began water drops in Viotia, in southern central Greece, where a fire broke out on Friday.
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