(ANSA-AFP) - ATHENS, AUG 12 - Greece ordered fresh
evacuations near Athens on Monday as wildfires spread despite
"superhuman" efforts to contain the flames, firefighters said.
At least five more communities were told to flee by civil
protection authorities on Monday, after hundreds of people
evacuated Sunday from at least eight villages. "Civil protection
forces battled hard throughout the night, but despite superhuman
efforts, the fire evolved rapidly," fire brigade spokesman
Vassilis Vathrakogiannis said. "At this moment it has reached
Mount Pentelicus and is headed in the direction of Penteli," he
added. The Mediterranean country is exceptionally vulnerable to
summer blazes. After the warmest winter on record, Greece also
experienced its hottest June and July since reliable data
collection began in 1960, and the summer season has seen fires
burn daily. (ANSA-AFP).
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