Deadliest day for Greek wildfires
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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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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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Southern Europe sizzled under a heat wave Tuesday, with temperatures hitting triple digits for a seventh day in Romania, blazes forcing the evacuation of tourists in Croatia and Italy, and wildfires in Macedonia and Greece exploding shells from long-ago wars. At least 35 heat-related deaths were reported.
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Firefighters saved the  temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the  Olympic Games, from forest fires which razed nearby villages  and took the death toll from Greece&#39;s three-day inferno to 60.
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Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages, and scorched the edges of Athens yesterday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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Firefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.
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KRESTENA, Greece  - Thousands of Greeks threatened by towering walls of fire fled their homes on Monday as strong winds fanned blazes that have devastated the country and killed 63 people in four days.
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ZAHARO, Greece, Aug. 25 -- Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the government declared a nationwide state of emergency.
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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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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters rescued the marble temples and stadiums of ancient Olympia from raging flames on Sunday but forest fires ravaged nearby villages and the death toll from Greece's three-day inferno rose to 58.
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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.
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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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Promises of aid poured in from around Greece and overseas Friday as firefighters doused most of the huge wildfires that ravaged the Greek countryside for a week, killing 64 people.
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A state of emergency is declared by Greece's PM, amid a rising death toll from forest fires.
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A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.
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MOUNT PENTELI, Greece - If history is any guide, vast acres blackened in Greece's deadly wildfires will eventually sprout anew - with luxury villas, fancy hotels, and expensive vacation homes.
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ATHENS, Aug. 24 -- Forest fires raced across southern Greece on Friday, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 17 people, two of them found locked in an embrace and others outside cars overtaken by the flames.