Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens

ATHENS: Two people died and hundreds of weekend bathers were hurriedly evacuatedSunday after two fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens in less than half an hour, the fire department said. While another fire on the Aegean island of Skyros was brought under control, a fire department spokesman told A

About 200 firefighters worked to keep the fires from converging on Salamina, with one now under control.

Two people died and and hundreds were evacuated after two fires broke out "almost simultaneously" on a Greek island near Athens, fire officials said.

Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fuelled fires across parts of Europe.

Two people were killed in a wildfire Sunday on the island of Salamina.

A massive blaze is scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium.

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 30 square kilometers in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history. On the Greek island of Salamina, some 260 firefighters were responding to the blazes.

A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 30 square kilometers in the High Fens, a large nature reserve, in one of the country's worst wildfires in recent history. On the Greek island of Salamina, some 260 firefighters were responding to the blazes.

In Greece, two people were killed in a wildfire on the island of Salamina, west of Athens, firefighters said.

Thirty-four fires have broken out over the past 24 hours around the country, according to the fire department.

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The blaze now torching Belgium has far surpassed a 2011 fire that burned nearly 14 square kilometres in the same area

Local officials were trying to keep the two fires from scaling a mountain and linking up.

Two people have died and hundreds were evacuated as two fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens, the fire department said.

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