(25 Aug 2007)
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Zaharo - 25 August 2007
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1. Various of forest fires
Seven kilometres from Zaharo
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2. Various of burnt out cars in which an unknown number of people were burned to death
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Neohori - 25 Aug 2007
3. Various shots of swatting fire with tree branches
4. Wide of plane in smoke-filled sky
STORYLINE:
A wave of massive fires raged out of control across Greece early on August 25th, sweeping into mountainous towns and villages and killing at least 18 people in the south. It was the country's deadliest forest fire toll in decades. Rescue crews were checking reports of several other bodies found in a mountain village in the western Peloponnese, fire department spokesman Nikos Diamandis said .
Throughout the day on August 24th and into the night, 170 fires raged across the country, with blazes reported from the western Ionian islands to Ioannina in northwestern Greece and down to the south.
The most devastating, and deadly, fires were in the Peloponnese region of the south.
Hundreds of people were reportedly trapped by the flames, many in mountainous villages in the western Peloponnese, near the town of Zaharo.
That fire, which was too large for the fire department to give accurate details on how many hectares had been burned, killed at least 11 people, including three firefighters, authorities said.
Hot, dry winds gusting to gale force throughout August 24th frequently prevented firefighting planes from taking off, leaving mainly ground forces to fight the flames in the southern Peloponnese, occasionally helped by helicopters.
By August 25th the death toll had risen to at least 44.
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