(1 Oct 2024)
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Sofiana – 1 October 2024
1. Various of wildfires burning forested area
2. Person looking at fire and walking away
3. Various of wildfire
4. Firetruck and bulldozer on road near fire
5. Various of wildfire
6. Various of people seated near wildfire area
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Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers battled a large wildfire in southern Greece for a third day on Tuesday, in a blaze that has already claimed two victims and devastated a large forested area.
The fire service said more than 400 firefighters, assisted by 20 waterbombing aircraft, were engaged against the blaze in the mountains of Corinthia in the Peloponnese region.
For a second day in a row, authorities said they were optimistic that progress had been made as the main front was out, leaving a large number of scattered blazes.
But it remained unclear whether that success could be expanded on before winds whipped up and spread the blaze again.
Officials ordered one more village evacuated as a precaution on Tuesday, a day after half a dozen similar orders were issued.
A major highway that had been closed overnight as flames swept close was reopened Tuesday.
The blaze destroyed a historic church in the mountains and reportedly damaged buildings outside the threatened villages, but the fire service was not immediately able to provide further details.
The two victims have been identified as local residents who got trapped late Sunday by the fast-advancing blaze.
Greece, like other southern European countries, is plagued every summer by destructive wildfires that have been exacerbated by climate change.
Over the past few months, the fire service has had to cope with more than 4,500 wildfires.
This year’s had been flagged as the most dangerous fire season in two decades after the countryside was left parched by a protracted drought and early summer heatwaves.
Nevertheless, a big investment in extra water-bombing aircraft, warning drones and other equipment has led to most blazes being extinguished shortly after they broke out.
AP video shot by Srdjan Nedeljkovic
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