Twenty-five metre flames, fuelled by gale-force winds and hot weather, burns trees, houses and cars
outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burned trees, houses and cars and sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital.
After its warmest winter on record and long periods of little or no rainfall, Greece also registered its hottest June and July and is forecast to record its hottest-ever summer. Fires have also burned this summer amid extreme heat elsewhere in Europe, including in Spain and the Balkans.
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