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Major wildfire rages out of control on fringes of Athens
Updated On: 13 August, 2024 08:40 AM IST | Athens | Agencies
Children’s and military hospitals evacuated in Athens; hundreds of firefighters deployed
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A firefighter sprays water onto a burning car during a wildfire in Dione. Pics/AFP
Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than two dozen water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of the Greek capital.
A children’s hospital and a military hospital were being evacuated early Monday morning, the fire department said, while evacuation orders were issued for more than a dozen areas, including Marathon and several Athens suburbs. Authorities in nearby suburbs were opening at least one sports hall and providing rooms in hotels for evacuees.
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