New evacuations were ordered as wildfires raged near Athens, Greece, after a second heat wave hit the Mediterranean country from the west following days of record-high temperatures that baked southern Europe.
A man checks his burnt house after yesterday’s fire in Mandra west of Athens, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Fast-moving wildfires swept across hills in the searing heat outside the Greek capital on Tuesday, forcing authorities to close highways to help protect an oil refinery. Water-dropping airplanes and helicopters flew low though a blanket of smoke tinted orange by the sunset to try and contain two wildfires to the west of Athens before nightfall.
Water-dropping airplanes and helicopters flew low though a blanket of smoke tinted orange by the sunset to try and contain two wildfires to the west of Athens before nightfall. Charred trees are seen from inside a small burnt house after a fire swept the area in Mandra, west of Athens, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Fast-moving wildfires swept across hills in the searing heat outside the Greek capital on Tuesday, forcing authorities to close highways to help protect an oil refinery.
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