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ATHENS, Greece – The last about forest fires in Greece (all local times):
3:30
According to the Coast guard, four bodies were found at sea near forest fires near the Greek capital, bringing the death toll to at least 24.
More than 100 people were injured in the fires The Coast Guard said the latest casualties were three women and one child whose bodies were found in the sea.
Dawn Tuesday, Deputy Director of Ambulance Service, Miltiadis Mylonas, said that the number of casualties would likely increase as homes and more disemboweled cars would be controlled. He said, "It took people by surprise and the events happened very quickly."
2:55
A spokesman for the Greek government says the toll of two large fires in the suburbs of 39, Athens reached at least 20.
Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said Tuesday morning that at least 69 other people had been hospitalized with injuries. Greece has asked for international aid to deal with fires near the capital, which have destroyed dozens of homes, burned cars and pushed tourists and Greeks to flee to the beaches in the east. Athens for spectacular rescues.
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12:50
A senior official of the Ministry of Health in Greece confirmed that two people had been killed in forest fires near Athens.
Niko Papaefstathiou told public television that the two victims were public health officials say at least 25 other people were hospitalized with injuries, mostly for burns. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interrupted a visit to Bosnia on Monday and returned to Athens to chair an emergency meeting with fire chiefs and government officials
. are burning out of control on either side of the Greek capital, burning houses, urging residents to flee and turning the Athens sky into a foggy orange of smoke.
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11:00
a rescue operation is underway for 10 people, considered foreign tourists, who fled a huge forest fire in a boat and disappeared
A helicopter and a Coast Guard ship search the sea near the town of Rafina. from the Greek capital of Athens. They acted after being notified by the Danish authorities, who had received a call from someone in Greece saying that they were part of a group of 10 people who had fled a forest fire in A boat
Two major forest fires raged Monday on either side of Athens, setting fire to houses, causing residents to flee and turning the skies over Athens with a foggy orange.
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Fire Department spokeswoman Stavroula Malliri said the six were hospitalized on Monday. They were burned in a fire raging northeast of Athens in the Penteli region.
Malliri says that three hospitals in Greater Athens have been put on alert to receive more casualties if necessary. the urgency in the eastern and western parts of greater Athens, as winds fanned by gale force winds raged through the pine forests and coastal towns on both sides of the Greek capital. Greece is asking for help from the European Union to fight fires.
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21:25
Greece is asking the European Union to help fight forest fires that have destroyed homes and forced thousands of people to flee. Periphery of Athens
The spokesman of the Civil Protection, Spyros Georgiou, told the Associated Press that the formal request would be made Monday.
The decision was made after the proclamation of the state of emergency in the eastern and western part, as the fires were caused by strong winds that raged in the pine forests and the coastal cities on either side of the Greek capital.
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21:10
The Greek regional authorities declared the state of emergency and the western parts of Greater Athens, as the fires caused by gale force winds have rages in the pine forests and seaside towns on either side of the Greek capital.
A fire was burning on Monday north-east of Athens. Nteli region, moving in the city of Rafina. Near Mati, the Coast Guard was sending a patrol boat to evacuate people trapped on the flames.
The second fire ravaged mountain pine forests 50 kilometers west of Athens. The fire created such thick smoke that the main roads between the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland were closed and an orange mist descended on Athens.
Regional Governor Rena Dourou called the state of emergency in East and West Attica and was providing buses, water trucks and machinery to help combat fires.
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13:30
Two major forest fires are raging out of control on either side of the Greek capital on Monday, burning homes fleeing and turning the sky over Athens a foggy orange of smoke. Some people were trapped on a beach by the flames.
The first fire broke out in a pine forest near the seaside settlement of Kineta 50 kilometers west of Athens between the capital and Corinth. At least 150 firefighters were on scene while five planes and seven helicopters were helping to fight the fire
The second major fire erupted on Monday afternoon in the Penteli area in the north-east of the city. Athens. Local authorities said they were evacuating summer camps for children, while dozens of homes and cars were destroyed. At least three planes and a helicopter were fighting the flames, with at least 50 firefighters
The Coast Guard sent at least one patrol boat to rescue people who were calling to say that the fire had trapped them on a beach. ] Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This document may not be published, distributed, rewritten or redistributed.
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