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Europe Wildfires Force Athens Evacuations as France and Spain Hold Lines
Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft battled the Athens-area blaze as gale-force winds forced new evacuations and slowed water drops, officials said.
- Europe's wildfire crisis fractured across three fronts: gale-force winds forced evacuations near Athens, France guarded a massive fire scar in the Gironde region, and Spain's major fires finally stopped advancing.
- Violent gusts in Greece prevented aircraft from collecting water, forcing evacuations in Kandili, Agia Skepi, and Toutouli. Earlier this week, two firefighters died on Crete and a third perished in the Peloponnese.
- France's Gironde megafire remains fixed but continues burning after scorching 420 square kilometers of forest. Local officials in Le Porge report about 150 homes were destroyed, with nearly 3,000 firefighters battling active pockets.
- Spain's major fires, part of a season that has killed at least 13 people, stopped advancing Sunday. Together, blazes in France and Spain have driven roughly a third of a million people from homes.
- Researchers found human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of extreme fire conditions that fueled French blazes this year. Europe has warmed more than twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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Europe wildfire crisis shifts to Greece as France, Spain battle lingering blazes
Wildfires forced new evacuations near Athens as Greece battled spreading flames, while France and Spain worked to prevent major blazes from reigniting after hundreds of thousands were displaced.
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left11Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution61% Left
Bias Distribution
- 61% of the sources lean Left
61% Left
L 61%
C 22%
R 17%
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