Hospital patients evacuated as Greece fires rage
Hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze in Greece near the Turkish border, with 65 hospital patients evacuated to a ferry in Alexandroupolis.
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Hundreds of firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze in Greece near the Turkish border, with 65 hospital patients evacuated to a ferry in Alexandroupolis.
Greece on Tuesday was battling a growing wildfire front that killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a month."There are nine active fronts... it's a similar situation to July," a fire department spokeswoman told AFP, referring to a wave that left five dead.
Dozens of hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis early on Tuesday, the fire brigade said, as wildfires in the area raged uncontrolled for the...
Evacuation orders were issued for villages in Greece’s northern regions of Alexandroupolis, Komotini, Kavala and Orestiada, the central region of Viotia and the island of Evia.
High winds and temperatures expected to persist until Friday as blazes rampage across islands and north of Athens