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[1/4] A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire burning near the village of Pournari, Greece, July 18, 2023. The blaze raged in the area of Dervenochoria about 30 km (18.6 miles) north of Athens. Fire fighters managed to contain other blazes southeast and west of the Greek capital but the fronts were still active. A mayor told Greek television that more than 7,000 acres of land was reduced to ashes along a coast, where many Athenians have holiday homes. Greece still has memories of a wildfire disaster in 2018, when a blaze killed 101 people in the seaside town of Mati, east of Athens.

Persons: Ioannis Artopoios, Janez Lenarcic, Kyriakos, Giorgos Nikolaou, Angeliki Koutantou, Stelios Misinas, Lefteris Papadimas, Simon Cameron, Moore, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Union, Greek Fire Service, Fire, Canadair, EU Crisis, Thomson Locations: Pournari, Greece, DERVENOCHORIA, Athens, Dervenochoria, France, Italy, Brussels, America, Kouvaras, Anavyssos, Lagonissi, Loutraki, Mati

☆ Wildfires rage near Greek capital, houses damaged
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] People stand near a house, as a wildfire burns in Kouvaras, Greece, July 17, 2023. The blaze that broke out in the village of Kouvaras, about 27 km (17 miles) from the Greek capital, spread fast amid erratic winds, a Greek fire service official said. Greek television showed several houses and cars gutted by the blaze and thick white smoke billowing from burning vegetation. Nervous horses were moved away from burning stables to trucks in the nearby village of Kalyvia, Reuters footage showed. The Greek meteorological service has warned of a high risk of fire, just as the country is recovering from the first major heatwave of the summer.

Persons: Stelios Misinas KOUVARAS, Ioannis Artopoios, Stamos Prousalis, Stelios Misinas, Lefteris Papadimas, Angeliki Koutantou, Andrew Heavens, Sharon Singleton, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Fire, Thomson Locations: Kouvaras, Greece, Athens, Kalyvia, Loutraki

KOUVARAS, Greece, July 17 (Reuters) - Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from a summer camp. The blaze that broke out in the village of Kouvaras, about 27 km (17 miles) southeast of the Greek capital, spread fast amid erratic winds, a Greek fire service official said. Dozens of horses were evacuated in trucks as the flames reached stables in the nearby areas of Kalyvia and Anavyssos. [1/10]Flames approach a house as a wildfire burns in Saronida, near Athens, Greece, July 17. There is a very high risk for fires," Artopoios said adding that strong winds will persist.

Persons: Ioannis Artopoios, Stelios Misinas, Artopoios, Greece's, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, We've, Stamos, Lefteris, Angeliki Koutantou, Renee Maltezou, Andrew Heavens, Sharon Singleton, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Police, Fire, Flames, REUTERS, Authorities, Thomson Locations: KOUVARAS, Greece, Athens, Kouvaras, Lagonisi, Kalyvia, Loutraki, Saronida, Dervenochoria, Brussels, Mati

☆ Europe weather: Second heat wave in a week brings soaring temperatures and raging fires
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In Italy, which has been particularly hard hit, temperatures in many cities are expected to soar above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). In Spain, temperatures in the cities of Seville, Cordoba and Granada have reached 40 degrees Celsius. Even the normally cooler region of Navarra in the north of the country is experiencing up to 40 degrees Celsius. Firefighters have controlled the fire and it’s not yet clear if the region’s high temperatures played any role. While in the US, California’s Death Valley reached nearly 52 degrees Celsius (125.6) on Sunday.

Persons: Gregorio Borgia, Tiziana Fabi, Andres Gutierrez, EIRIF Handout, Catania, Niño, ” Christopher Hewitt Organizations: CNN, European Space Agency, ESA, Getty, La Palma, Anadolu Agency, Reuters, Firefighters, World Meteorological, WMO Locations: Europe, Italy, Spain, Greece, North Africa, Rome, Florence, Popolo, AFP, Athens, Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Navarra, La, Spain’s Canary, La Palma, Canary Islands, Tijarafe, Tenerife, Peloponnese, Catania, Sicily, China

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