Greece Battles Wildfires Near Athens
Firefighters and waterbombing aircraft are struggling to put out a wildfire raging just north of Greece's capital Athens.
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00:00Greek authorities are battling a major wildfire spreading rapidly near the capital, Athens.
00:06The blaze broke out Sunday afternoon near the village of Varnava, 35 kilometers north
00:11of the city. Residents of the village and nearby town of Marathon have been evacuated
00:16as water-bombing planes and helicopters struggle to put out the flames. The fire is being fanned
00:22by heavy winds up to the hottest temperatures on record in the region. Greece has seen hundreds
00:27of wildfires already this year.