A major wildfire burning out of control in northeastern Greece for the fourth day has prompted the evacuation of a city hospital and another eight villages overnight
A massive wall of flames raced through forests toward a port city in northeastern Greece overnight, prompting authorities to evacuate another eight villages and a city hospital as firefighters battled dozens more wildfires across the country on Tuesday.
The fire risk level for several regions, including the wider Athens area, was listed as “extreme” for the second day Tuesday. Authorities have banned public access to mountains and forests in those regions until at least Wednesday morning and ordered military patrols.On Monday, the blazes left two people dead and two firefighters injured in northern and central Greece.
The flames turned the sky over the city and across the region red, hiding the sun as choking smoke and swirling flecks of ash filled the air. The coast guard evacuated 14 people by sea overnight from a nearby coastal area to the port of Alexandroupolis.
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