With Greece facing its hottest summer ever, wildfires with dangerous flames over 80 feet high have broken out. NBC News' Josh Lederman reports on the relief efforts and how the country is coping with hundreds of residents forced to evacuate.
ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes around the Greek capital, as firefighters battled Tuesday to contain the country's worst wildfire so far this year and European Union members raced to send support. As the deadly inferno raged for a third day, flames tore through the towns northeast of Athens, before reaching the city’s suburbs, where residents evacuated their homes and many of them put on face masks to breathe through the heavy, smoke-thickened air.
As the danger spread, Greece implored fellow European Union members to help respond to the blaze. “We stand with Greece as it battles devastating fires,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a statement on X on Monday.
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