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Athens Wildfire Live News | People Escape Wildfire As It Spread Like Lighting | Greece News | N18G

Athens Wildfire Live News | People Escape Wildfire As It Spread Like Lighting | Greece News | N18G VARNAVAS, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -Residents fled their homes on Sunday as a fast-moving wildfire outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital. More than 400 firefighters backed by 16 waterbombing planes and 13 helicopters battled the blaze that broke out at 3 p.m. (midday GMT) and quickly reached the village of Varnavas 35 km (20 miles) north of Athens. As night fell, firefighting aircraft ceased operations until morning. Flames turned the sky orange. "The situation remains dangerous as the fire is spreading between residences," fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said. He said the blaze spread fast, "like lightning", due to gale force winds. Flames as high as 25 metres swallowed up trees and shrubland. Varnavas is a sparely populated area with about 1,800 residents, according to the latest census. #Athens #Wildfire #greece #Greecewildfire #news18live n18oc_live News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube