(23 Aug 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Athens, Greece - 23 August 2023
1. Various of youths battling fire with buckets with water
2. Various of firefighters releasing goats from a shack
3. Various of firefighters at a house
4. Various of firefighters reacting with exhaustion
5. Various of police officers and civilians carrying canisters of liquid gas away from the grounds of Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery in Acharnes, a suburb of northern Athens
6. Firefighting helicopters fly over Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery on their way to battle wildfire
7. Medium of police officers guarding the entrance to Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery
8. Various of firefighting helicopters dropping water on wildfires on Parnitha mountain
9. A man carries away a Saint Mary with Jesus icon to protect it from a wildfire approaching Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery
10. Various of men, some standing on the roof of Agia Paraskevi Christian Orthodox monastery
STORYLINE:
Advancing flames devoured forests and homes as dozens of wildfires raged across Greece on Wednesday, leaving 20 people dead over the past three days.
A major blaze on the northwestern fringe of Athens torched homes on Wednesday, reducing some to piles of still-smoking rubble.
It encroached into the national park on Mount Parnitha, one of the last green areas near the Greek capital.
Evacuations were ordered for several neighborhoods and a migrant camp on the northwestern fringe of the Greek capital.
More than 200 firefighters backed by volunteers, military and police forces, eight helicopters and seven planes, including two from Germany and two from Sweden, were battling the blaze.
With their hot, dry summers, southern European countries are particularly prone to wildfires.
European Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.
AP Video by Lefteris Pitarakis
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