Greece wildfires force hundreds to evacuate

A wildfire in forests north of Athens had suddenly descended on his suburb and was approaching his sculpture workshop.

The blazes that began Sunday near the village of Varnava, some 35 kilometers north of Athens, raged out of control on Monday and spread panic as flames reached densely populated neighborhoods which haven’t experienced wildfire in decades.

At least one person has died after one of Greece’s worst wildfires this year broke out on the outskirts of the capital, Athens, on Sunday.

On Tuesday, the third day of one of the worst wildfires in living memory, firefighters were helped by a drop in winds as they sought to contain the remnants of an inferno that had reached the capital’s northern suburbs and decimated homes and businesses.