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Fires rage trapping villages as heatwave grips Greece
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 07 - 2007

Record high temperatures have killed two people and
sent dozens more to hospital on Wednesday as temperatures hit 46
degrees Celsius, causing fires to burn across Greece, according to dpa.
The heatwave, the second to strike the country this summer, caused
power shortages and fuelled dozens of forest fires in central and
southern Greece.
An 81-year-old women was reported dead in western Greece on
Wednesday, while a 75-year-old man died from heatstroke on the Ionian
island of Corfu a day earlier.
Hospitals across the country were on full alert as dozens were
rushed to emergency rooms for heat-related problems.
Pollution levels in Athens also hit dangerous levels due to the
heat, and two damaged power plants in northern Greece were operating
once again early Wednesday after failing due to high demand.
Problems with the power grid in several Balkan countries caused a
widespread electricity blackout in northern Greece's Meliti and
Amintaio on Tuesday.
Greece's electricity energy network has been hooked up to its
neighbours in recent year as the countries often trade power. During
the very warm summer months Greece imports electricity, usually from
Bulgaria, in a bid to help meet the soaring demand.
Officials at the country's public power corporation appealed to
consumers to limit the continuous use of air conditioners during peak
hours.
Dry weather conditions and record-high temperatures have also
caused hundreds of forest fires since the beginning of July and
forest rangers have been placed on 24-hour fire patrols over the next
week. More than 1,000 additional firefighters were being sent to
northern Greece to contain dozens of blazes.
Officials on the Ionian island of Kefallonia issued a state of
emergency as a huge forest fire destroyed dozens of homes and came
close to engulfing eight villages.
Meanwhile, a forest fire in the Peloponnese region was closing in
on several villages, trapping hundreds of residents. Five helicopters
were immediately dispatched to try to evacuate the residents.
Firefighters, with the assistance of aeroplanes and helicopters
were also battling fires in the western regions of Aegio and Ioannina
as well as on the island of Hydra and ancient Epidavros in central
Greece.
Meteorologists said cooler weather should be filtering into Greece
by Thursday.


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