Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. At least 49 people died, and the government declared a nationwide state of (...)
Forest fires that have taken at least 44
lives rage uncontrolled across vast areas of southern
Greece, the fire department says. The skies around Athens
are red and ashes fall in the center of the capital as wind
drives the flames across the (...)