Greek Villages Evacuated As Forest Fire Rages
Greek Villages Evacuated As Forest Fire Rages By Will VASSILOPOULOS 05/20/21 AT 9:13 PM More than a dozen Greek villages were evacuated Thursday as firefighters battled the country's first major blaze of the year on a mountain range overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. No injuries were reported, but "it will be a hard night... we're fighting in difficult conditions," junior civil protection minister Nikos Hardalias said. People were evacuated before dawn from the first of 17 villages and hamlets affected after the fire broke out on Wednesday evening near Schinos on the Gulf of Corinth, some 9...
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