Firefighters gain upper hand over Greek fires
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PLOUTOCHORI, Greece  - Greek firefighters gained the upper hand on Wednesday over widespread forest fires that have killed at least 63 people and left the government shaken by accusations of incompetence.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Greece's conservative government faced mounting accusations of incompetence on Tuesday over forest fires that have killed at least 63 people.
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Wildfires swept through Greece on Thursday, killing two people and destroying homes after days of record temperatures of more than 100 degrees that led to at least nine heatstroke deaths and extensive power cuts.
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Foreign firefighters and aircraft joined the battle Tuesday against blazes in southern Greece, and officials expressed optimism that wildfires burning some of the country's lushest landscape could be brought under partial control.
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PYRGOS, Greece  - Greeks besieged banks on Thursday, clamoring for state handouts aimed at helping people hit by the country's worst wildfire disaster, with fires still raging a week into the crisis.
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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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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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ATHENS, Greece  - Forest fires that have ravaged Greece for more than 10 days have largely come under control after killing 64 people and leaving thousands homeless, the fire brigade said on Monday.
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Forest fires raging in Greece  have killed 41 people in two days and more were feared dead  with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what  the government called a national tragedy.
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Dozens of forest fires, fanned by strong  winds in a six-day heatwave, raged across central and southern  Greece on Thursday, killing two people and burning scores of  homes.
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ATHENS, Aug 30 (IPS) - Greece is set to pay an enormous cost after a week  of unstoppable inferno, with fires still burning out of control.
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At least 15 people are feared killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year.
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Firefighters battle to contain a major forest fire near the suburbs of the Greek capital, Athens.
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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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Fires burning across southern Greece that razed dozens of villages and killed at least 49 people were stabilized Sunday, but fire officials worried thick smoke and strong winds might hamper emergency workers' efforts.
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All major blazes in Greece were under control Friday, and firefighters were working to extinguish smaller fires in the southern part of the country.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires raging in Greece have killed 41 people in two days and more were feared dead with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the government called a national tragedy.