Emergency crews battled to contain wildfires across Greece for a third straight day. Authorities have ordered residents in the suburbs of capital Athens to evacuate
Red flames and sparks glowed in the night on the outskirts of the Greek capital, residents fled suburbs, asylum seekers were evacuated and authorities warned of more blazes on Friday as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Celsius and gale force winds were expected.
"We are dealing with unprecedented conditions as many days of heatwave have turned the whole country into a powder keg," he said in a special televised address. "The situation is out of control. The flames are more than 40 metres high," the local mayor George Tsapourniotis told Alpha television as coast guard vessels headed to the area to help with the evacuation.
But the heat fanned them back into life, with flames crossing the motorway connecting Athens to northern Greece and threatening more built-up areas. The Civil Protection Authority issued an "extreme fire warning" for half the country on Friday amid the heatwave.
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