Western Europe’s wildfire crisis retreats as Greece evacuates hundreds near Athens
High winds prevent firefighting aircraft from collecting seawater as flames spread through Attica Europe’s wildfire crisis fractured along starkly different fronts on Sunday: gale-force winds
High winds prevent firefighting aircraft from collecting seawater as flames spread through Attica Europe’s wildfire crisis fractured along starkly different fronts on Sunday: gale-force winds drove flames deeper into the Athens region and forced fresh evacuations, France guarded a still-burning scar four times the size of Paris against renewed spread, and Spain’s major fires finally stopped advancing.
The centre of immediate danger was Greece. Gale-force winds drove flames deeper into western Attica, the administrative region that includes the capital, threatening villages and
an industrial district outside the city of Megara as violent wind gusts prevented firefighting aircraft from collecting water from the sea. Continue reading...
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