Greece Resumes Water Drops on 2 Viotia Fire Fronts as Winds Fan Dozens of Blazes
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Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 2
Greece Resumes Water Drops on 2 Viotia Fire Fronts as Winds Fan Dozens of Blazes
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Aug 2
Summary
Planes and helicopters resumed water drops at dawn on two wildfire fronts in Viotia, where a blaze that began Friday in Agios Vasilios and Xironomi was still burning Saturday.
Strong winds fanned dozens of fires across Greece, stretching firefighting efforts and driving the latest flare-up in southern central Greece.
Houses burned and evacuations spread to several areas, including coastal settlements northwest of Athens where some residents were moved by sea.
The widening fires underscored the threat near the capital as Greece battled multiple simultaneous blazes in peak summer conditions.
With 130 km/h winds fueling Greek wildfires, can high-tech drones outpace the devastating effects of climate change and rural land abandonment?
As hundreds flee by sea, will Greece's fragmented management strategy finally evolve to stop these catastrophic blazes from becoming an annual tragedy?