Athens, July 26, 2025 (AFP) - Greece asks for EU help in battling wildfires

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2025-07-26

Greece on Saturday requested EU help to battle wildfires that have sprung up in different regions, one of the worst just north of Athens destroying houses and forcing police to evacuate homes. The fires broke out nearly a week into a heatwave, in which temperatures have passed 45C. Strong winds were fanning the blaze near Athens and other sites and the Peloponnese peninsula that juts out west of the capital, fire brigade spokesman Vasileios Vathr......

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