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Smoke bellows above Athens as uncontrolled fires continue for the fifth day in the Greece. A fire ripped through the foothills of Mount Parnitha, the largest forest adjoining the capital, and is threatening to spread to its national park. The Greek capital woke up Wednesday to the smell of scorched earth and thick black smoke covering the sky. IMAGES
Firefighters scramble to contain a raging inferno northwest of Athens as Greece's emergency services continue to battle a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country that has left 20 dead. Civil protection ordered the evacuation of Ano Liosia in northwest Athens, a district of over 25,000 people, with people from the neighbouring town of Fyli rushing to flee the advancing flames. IMAGES
Scores of Greek villagers are evacuated after a forest fire raged overnight around the protected wildlife habitat of Mount Geraneia with no injuries immediately reported. IMAGES
Firefighters battled a major wildfire on Greece's second-largest island of Evia for the second day. IMAGES
A fire breaks out at a tower of flats in London, on the day the Grenfell Tower fire second inquiry report is published. The fire was brought under control within two hours with no reports of injuries. UK's Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 killed 72 people, and today's new report markes the end of its long-running inquiry. IMAGES
Firefighters spray water on burned-out cars in a suburb of Athens as Greece continues to battle a massive wildfire threatening the capital for a third day. One woman has been found dead in a burned-out factory and thousands of people have been kept away from their homes by the flames. IMAGES
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