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ATHENS, Greece – A major wildfire raged across the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, leaving at least one person dead and triggering multiple evacuations as swirling winds hampered the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and dozens of water-dropping planes.
Fire Department spokesperson Col. Vassileios Vathrakogiannis said firefighters were longer battling a single front but “many active localized blazes,” mostly around Marathon and Pendeli. Authorities said at least 18 people were injured, mostly due to smoke inhalation as the blaze reached outlying sections of a suburb. Greece´s National Observatory said late Monday that satellite images show the blaze has affected about 10,000 hectares .
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said earlier Monday it was “an exceptionally dangerous fire, which we have been fighting for more than 20 hours under dramatic circumstances.” Some areas burning on Mount Pendeli were particularly hard to reach, he added. Greece’s coast guard diverted all ferries from a nearby port serving several Aegean Sea islands, to another harbor. Sports halls and hotels were turned into evacuation centers.
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