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Wildfire rages on Greece’s Crete island, settlements evacuated

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ATHENS (Reuters) – A wildfire raged out of control on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, with authorities ordering the evacuation of four residential settlements, the fire department said. Fanned by strong winds, the blaze spread across the slopes of the mountainous forest east of the seaside town of Ierapetra. Authorities ordered the precautionary evacuation of the Achlia, Galini, Agia Fotia and Mavros Kolimpos settlements, home to arou…

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Wildfire rages on Greece's Crete island, settlements evacuated

ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire raged out of control on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, with authorities ordering the evacuation of four residential settlements, the fire department said. Read full story

1 month ago·Malaysia

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The Straits Times

Wildfire rages on Greece’s Crete island, settlements evacuated

Fanned by strong winds, the blaze spread across the east of the seaside town of Lerapetra. Read more at straitstimes.com.

1 month ago·Singapore

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Malay Mail

Wildfire rages on Greece’s Crete island, settlements evacuated

ATHENS, April 6 — A wildfire raged out of control on the Greek island of Crete today, with authorities ordering the evacuation of four residential settlements, the fire department said. Fanned by strong winds, the blaze spread across the slopes of the mountainous forest east of the seaside town of Ierapetra. Authorities ordered the precautionary evacuation of the Achlia, Galini, Agia Fotia and Mavros Kolimpos settlements, home to around 300 peop…

1 month ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Origo

Giant forest fire devastates the island of Crete

A huge forest fire is raging on the island of Crete, which belongs to Greece. In the vaccination, one person was injured, hundreds of people left their homes.

1 month ago·Budapest, Hungary

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WTVB

Wildfire rages on Greece’s Crete island, settlements evacuated

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Libertatea.ro

Vegetation fire out of control on Greek island of Crete. Hundreds of Locals Evacuated

A wildfire is raging on the Greek island of Crete, and authorities ordered the evacuation of four residential areas on Saturday morning, Greek firefighters said, quoted by Reuters.The fire broke out on Saturday morning and soon reached huge proportions. Fueled by strong winds, the flames spread to the wooded slopes east of the town of Ierapetra, located on the seashore. https://youtu.be/nLzdeYrOYaMAutoritățile ordered the preventive evacuation o…

1 month ago·Bucharest, Romania

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