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Wildfire Rages Outside of Athens, Greece (PHOTOS) The Weather Channel 10 hrs ago weather.com meteorologist A wildfire is has destroyed dozens of homes near Greeces coastal village of Schinos, in the Corinth region, about 48 miles west of Athens. Evacuation orders were issued for several areas near the fire, deputy minister of civil protection and crisis management Nikos Hardalias said. Authorities issued evacuations for 18 settlements, many of which are areas with many vacatio...

Greek firefighters were battling a major forest fire in the Corinth region west of Athens for a second day Friday, with more settlements evacuated overnight.

Attisées par le vent violent, les flammes continuent vendredi, pour le deuxième jour consécutif, à ravager le massif montagneux surplombant le golfe de Corinthe, en Grèce, entraînant des centaines d’évacuations.

Δύσκολη προβλέπεται η νύχτα λόγω της μεγάλης φωτιάς στον Σχίνο Κορινθίας. Οι ισχυροί άνεμοι που πνέουν στην περιοχή καθιστούν δυσχερείς τις προσπάθειες των ισχυρών δυνάμεων της Πυροσβεστικής που βρίσκονται στο σημείο. Εκκενώσεις οικισμών και συστάσεις για εγρήγορση των ...

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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek authorities moved more people to safety on Thursday as firefighters battled a forest fire that spread from the Corinth region of southern Greece to western Attica, they said. No deaths were reported in the blaze that broke out on Wednesday night in a forest at a small seaside holiday resort at the Corinth Gulf on the Peloponnese peninsula, about 90 km from the capital, Athens. Six villages and two monasteries in the Gerania mountains were evacuated, while residents at ano...

Major wildfire near resort of Loutraki blankets Athens with smoke on Thur. Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:44 UPD:17:47 A major wildfire was burning a wide stretch of pine former west of Athens proper throughout Thursday, after erupting the previous evening outside the resort town of Loutraki, on the Gulf of Corinth. The area is sparsely populated and semi-mountainous to mountainous, although a handful of settlements and two monasteries were evacuated. Heavy winds made efforts by fire-fighting crews ...

EuropeGreece evacuates more as forest fire spreads to Attica region Reuters 1/4 Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish a wildfire burning in the village of Schinos, near Corinth, Greece, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Vassilis Psomas Read More Greek authorities moved more people to safety on Thursday as firefighters battled aforest fire that spread from the Corinth region of southern Greece to western Attica, they said. No deaths were reported in the blaze that broke out on Wednesday night in a...

As the author, a young Army bandsman lies wounded at the Battle of Corinth, he is shot between the eyes at point blank range. Miraculously he survives but is blinded. In a makeshift hospital a young Greek volunteer saves his life with slices of boiled egg. Captured Allied medics later restore the sight in one eye. In this moving and entertaining memoir Bernard describes daily life in POW camps in Greece and Germany. He established a theatrical group and an orchestra who perform to fellow POWs a...