Αssociated Press reports from Athens that a drop in high winds late Thursday helped firefighters gain ground on a large wildfire in southern Greece that raged for more than a day, forcing the evacuations of villages and summer camps.
Fire Service chief Stefanos Kolokouris announced the blaze east of the town of Corinth was abating. “There is no active front right now,” he told state ERT TV.
Earlier, authorities evacuated one more village and a children’s summer camp as a precaution, and 20 water-dropping planes and helicopters assisted over 300 firefighters on the ground struggling to contain the blaze.
Evacuation orders were issued for a total of seven villages and two camps since the wildfire started Wednesday at the seaside settlement of Kechries, more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Athens, and rapidly spread inland.
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