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ATHENS – Twenty deaths, thousands of people forced to flee: it's the balance of 24 hours of fire, one that flames in two large forests along the capital, and that hundreds of firefighters do not manage to tame. Authorities declared the state of emergency and asked the help of the European Union.
The majority of victims were found dead at home or in a car, in the seaside resort of Mati about 40 kilometers away. # 39; Athens. It was declared shortly before 3 pm (local time) Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, spokesman for the Greek government, noting that among the wounded, including 16 children, 11 are in serious condition.
A vast fire progresses north-east of Athens, near Penteli, heading towards the town of Rafina. Near Mati, the Coast Guard was forced to intervene to evacuate the tourists trapped on the beach.
A second fire devastates the pine forests in an area 50 kilometers west of Athens. The dense smoke, which reached the capital, forced the closure of the main highway connecting the Peloponnese.
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