THRAKOMAKEDONES, Greece (AP) — Wildfires are rampaging through Greek forests for yet another day, threatening homes and triggering more evacuations the day after hundreds of people were plucked off beaches by ferries in a dramatic overnight rescue. Dozens of fires are burning across the country. One volunteer firefighter has died and at least 20 people have been treated in hospitals. Scores of homes, businesses and farms have been burnt over the last week during Greece’s most protracted and intense heat wave in three decades. One massive fire was advancing up the slopes of Mount Parnitha, a national park north of Athens. In apocalyptic scenes overnight, small ferries and other boats evacuated 1,400 people from a seaside village and beaches on the island of Evia.
Fires rampage through forests in Greece; thousands evacuated
