Police in Athens have ordered the evacuation of a suburb that is home to 10,000 people as a huge wildfire approaches the outskirts of the Greek capital city. Wildfire threatens homes in the village of Kaletzi, north of Athens.
Officials say residents of Agios Stefanos, 14 miles north of the capital, have been instructed to leave their homes after the fires reached residential areas.
"I call on all residents to follow the instructions of the police as to where they will go," the suburb's deputy mayor Panayiotis Bitakos told Skai TV.
"We had been begging the authorities since early in the morning to send forces ... It is too late now. Too late."
As the fires raged for a third day, a state of emergency was declared in greater Athens and low-flying planes could be seen dropping water on burning houses.
"The situation is tragic. Fires are out of control on many fronts," local governor Yiannis Sgouros said.
Residents in hillside homes on the outskirts of the city were seen fleeing the fires on foot, by motorbike and in cars, amid blackouts and water supply cuts.
Blazes north of Athens had earlier forced authorities to evacuate two large children's hospitals, camp sites, villages and outlying suburban areas.
Officials say residents of Agios Stefanos, 14 miles north of the capital, have been instructed to leave their homes after the fires reached residential areas.
"I call on all residents to follow the instructions of the police as to where they will go," the suburb's deputy mayor Panayiotis Bitakos told Skai TV.
"We had been begging the authorities since early in the morning to send forces ... It is too late now. Too late."
As the fires raged for a third day, a state of emergency was declared in greater Athens and low-flying planes could be seen dropping water on burning houses.
"The situation is tragic. Fires are out of control on many fronts," local governor Yiannis Sgouros said.
Residents in hillside homes on the outskirts of the city were seen fleeing the fires on foot, by motorbike and in cars, amid blackouts and water supply cuts.
Blazes north of Athens had earlier forced authorities to evacuate two large children's hospitals, camp sites, villages and outlying suburban areas.
Στο ίδιο μήκος κύματος και τα υπόλοιπα διεθνή μέσα ενημέρωσης, τα οποία συνδέουν την κόλαση φωτιάς στην Αν. Αττική με τις φονικές πυρκαγιές του 2007 στην Πελοπόννησο που κόστισαν τη ζωή σε 70 ανθρώπους.
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