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Maik:
--- Quote ---Greece seeks international help battling deadly wildfires
Forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least six people and injured dozens more, forcing the authorities to ask for international assistance.
Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes and people have left their homes near the capital, Athens.
A search and rescue operation is underway for 10 tourists who fled one of the fires in a boat, officials say.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44932366
Jolly Roger:
--- Quote ---At least twenty-four people have died in huge fires raging out of control outside the Greek capital.
Twenty deaths were confirmed by Greek government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos while four more were found dead in the sea at the area of Artemida in Attica by the Greek Coast guard in the first hours of Tuesday.
Another sixty-nine victims have been hospitalised.
Greek authorities have declared a state of emergency in the eastern and western parts of greater Athens, as fires fanned by gale-force winds raged through pine forests and seaside towns on either side of the Greek capital.
One fire was burning Monday northeast of Athens in the Penteli area, moving into the town of Rafina. In nearby Mati, the coast guard was sending a patrol boat to evacuate people trapped on a beach by the flames.
The second wildfire was ravaging mountainous pine forests 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Athens. The blaze has created such thick smoke that the main highways between the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland have been shut down and an orange haze has descended on Athens.
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http://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/07/24/24-dead-as-huge-fires-rage-near-greece-capital/
Maik:
The death toll keeps rising, other reports state at least fifty dead - many children - in an area popular with Greeks on holiday:
--- Quote ---Greece wildfires: Nearly 50 dead in holiday area
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44932366
https://youtu.be/DjOcgTJrPpQ?t=00s39s
Maik:
--- Quote ---Greece wildfires a 'Biblical disaster': At least 74 killed near Athens as tourists forced to flee into sea
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/24/greece-wildfires-least-20-killed-near-athens-residents-flee/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Greek PM declares 3-day period of mourning for wildfire victims
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through a coastal stretch of eastern Attica prefecture over the previous 24 hours.
Tsipras again took to the national airwaves to make an address, referring to an unspeakable tragedy. He also thanked for foreign leaders for the support being dispatched to Greece.
"Now is the time for mobilization and struggle, to save whatever can be saved; to find those missing," he said.
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https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1375504/greek-pm-declares-3-day-period-of-mourning-for-wildfire-victims
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