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Wildfires rage across Greece due to high temperatures

24 August 2023
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2023-08-24 10:00

Greece is currently one of the European countries where a total of 65 wildfires are burning due to high temperatures.

On Tuesday, the maximum temperature in many places in Greece exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.

Thousands of people in an outer district of Greece's capital, Athens, were told to evacuate. The latest deaths pushed the overall toll from this week's fires to 20.

Many European countries have sent firefighters to support Greece.

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