Dozens Of Homes Damaged Outside Athens 250 Firefighters Still Battling Wildfire
Fire department spokesman Lt. Col. Vassilis Vathrakoyiannis said the firefighters were deployed in an attempt to keep the fire from reaching the town of Megara, which has a population of over 30,000. The wildfire burned homes and more than 2,000 hectares of forest, authorities said. Smoke from the fire could be seen across southern Greece and even as far as the holiday islands in the Aegean Sea. The blaze started about 45 miles west of Athens outside of the resort town of Loutraki....