Firefighters scramble to contain fires outside Athens before winds and high temperatures return

3 August 2026, 11:45 pm

Firefighters west of Athens are racing to exploit a break in high winds, working to strengthen containment lines as forecasters warned that stronger gusts and rising temperatures would return in the ...... Read More »

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