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A firefighter douses flames from the top of a truck as a fire spreads around the village of Afidnes, some 30 kilometres north of Athens. AFP
A firefighter douses flames from the top of a truck as a fire spreads around the village of Afidnes, some 30 kilometres north of Athens. AFP
'Critical situation' as fires rage in Greece
Firefighters battled a series of raging blazes in western and eastern Greece as well as on the outskirts of Athens