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Wildfire: Greek villages evacuated

On Wednesday at least six Greek villages and two monasteries were evacuated night due to a major forest fire on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, about 90 km west of Athens, fire officials said.

“The fire is raging on a wide front near the village of Skinos, a fire brigade spokesman said. According to some sources, several homes were damaged but no casualties were reported immediately.


“This is the first major fire of 2021 villages have been evacuated as a precaution,” fire service spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis told Skai TV. As per the reports some 180 firefighters, supported by 17 planes and three helicopters, are involved in the extinguishing operations.

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