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PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange and blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island Sunday as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and encroached on villages, triggering more evacuation alerts.
Firefighters continue to battle blazes that stretch for miles north of Athens.
More evacuation alerts were triggered this morning on Evia. Footage shows the blaze raging on as evacuated locals watch in horror from inside a ship on Lake Evia.
A volunteer firefighter has been killed and thousands of people have been evacuated from an islan...
Thousands of people from the town of Limni were evacuated overnight. The ferryboat transferred them to Aidipsos. Credit: Greek ReporterThe devastating fires that have been raging across the north on the island of Evia in Greece continued their destructive path on Friday night and Saturday morning.The fire front entered the town of Limni on the…