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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While firefighters have gained the upper hand in some areas, details of the latest reports from fire officials show that the trouble is far from over.
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires sweeping Greece have killed 41 people in two days and more are feared dead with some villages still trapped by flames on Saturday in what the government has called a national tragedy.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Desperate Greek villages encircled by flames appealed for help on Monday as strong winds continued to fan forest fires sweeping through the country, killing 63 people in three days.
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Wildfires that killed more than 65 people &#151; and the prospect of painful economic reforms &#151; have dominated Greece's parliamentary election campaign, and the country's two main parties fear voters could abandon them Sunday in protest.
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Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.
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A 77-year-old mother of a firefighter saved her home by dousing it with buckets of water. A man battled flames threatening his hotel with wet towels. With any and all means, villagers and volunteers fought the flames that ravaged southern Greece for a week and claimed 64 lives.
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The last major fire in southern Greece has been brought under control after flaring up again over the weekend, fire officials said Sunday.
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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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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.
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PYRGOS, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks besieged banks on Thursday, clamoring for state compensation for damage caused by the country's worst wildfires which burned on in some areas one week into the crisis.
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Forest fires whipped by gale-force winds killed at least 12 people on Friday in the mountains of southern Greece, including six people trapped in their cars.
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NASA releases a dramatic satellite image depicting the fires burning in Greece. Huge plumes of smoke drift across the southern part of the country into the Mediterranean.
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Wildfires in Greece are beaten back by firefighters, as anger over the government's handling of the crisis grows.
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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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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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The Greek government, heading for elections next month, is facing a crisis over its handling of deadly forest fires.