A fast-spreading wildfire tore through several neighborhoods close to the Greek capital of Athens on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to evacuate their homes.
Some 685 firefighters and 32 water-bombing aerial units have been deployed to extinguish the blaze that began Sunday near the town of Varnavas, north of Athens, local authorities said.
Houses caught alight in Varnavas, about 20 miles north-east of the Greek capital, and a children’s hospital and military medical facility were evacuated at dawn, the BBC quotes the fire brigade spokesman as saying.
