Forest Fires Kill at Least 37 in Greece
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ZAHARO, Greece  -- Massive forest fires swept across Greece and killed at least 37 people in the south of the country, including several children, the fire department said Saturday. New fires broke out frequently, as embers were carried by the wind.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - EU firefighters and planes joined the battle on Sunday against the fires raging in Greece for three days, killing 51 people and threatening areas near ancient Olympia, historic site of the first Olympic games.
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Wildfires burned homes Thursday and forced the evacuations of villages, a convent and a children's camp in southern Greece, as a heat wave swept across southeastern Europe.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Frantic Greek villagers fled as fire engulfed their homes, farms and forests on Tuesday in an inferno that has killed 63 people and prompted public outrage at the government's handling of the crisis.
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Forest fires sweeping Greece  have killed 44 people in two days and more were feared dead in  villages cut off by towering flames on Saturday in what the  government called a national tragedy.
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Blistering heat and hot dry winds have fanned the fires. Forests fires that have ravaged southern Europe during the past month were some of the worst on record, the European Commission has said. via Jackaranda
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villagers encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds fanned forest fires that have swept the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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Power blackouts hit 13 locations in Athens and 95 fires were reported across Greece on Wednesday amid a heat wave that has killed dozens of people in southeast Europe over the past week.
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand over countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency after the country's worst forest fires in decades killed at least 47 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.
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Greek firefighters started to get to grips with countrywide forest fires on Wednesday after six devastating days, but warned that a coming heatwave could reignite the flames that have killed at least 63 people.
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Forest fires ravaged swathes of southern Europe Friday with a multitude of blazes killing at least 15 people in Greece, while an 80-year-old man died in Sicily and hundreds were evacuated from their homes.
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Dozens of tourists and local residents are forced onto beaches as a forest fire rages in northern Greece.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters battled to protect Ancient Olympia in Greece on Sunday as forest fires that have killed 51 people raged unabated for a third day.
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Opposition MPs in Greece attack the government response to forest fires which have claimed at least 63 lives.
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Greece&#39;s huge forest fires have been  blamed by some on global warming, but satellite images of smoke  plumes drifting as far as Africa prompt the question: are  forests a major source of greenhouse gas?
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters on Wednesday beat back countrywide forest fires that have killed at least 63 people, but said they fear new flare-ups with a heatwave expected this weekend.