Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.
Firefighters, backed by air water bombers and reinforcements from Cyprus, France, Israel and Italy, attempted to control the fire that broke out in the wider Athens area on Monday, gutting houses and forcing evacuations.
More than 100 houses and businesses have been severely damaged from this wildfire and another near Athens that authorities put out earlier in the week. Two other blazes in forests on the island of Rhodes and in the Lakonia district in southern Greece were tamed on Friday.
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