Wildfires in Greece raze forests, spur evacuations; allies send aid
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Fires raged across Greece on Wednesday, destroying forests on Rhodes and gutting homes close to Athens as a new heatwave loomed and threatened to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country.

The blaze, which broke out on Monday in the region of Dervenochoria, about 30 km north of Athens, spread rapidly as it was fanned by winds and reached the town of Mandra on Tuesday, burning houses and forcing people to flee.