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Greek fire crews make progress on island blaze

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'The situation looks better today, there is no active front, but our forces remain in place.'

"The situation looks better today, there is no active front, but our forces remain in place," a fire department spokesman told AFP, adding that there are still"pockets of fire" smouldering in a ravine.

A massive force of nearly 400 firefighters backed by 110 vehicles, nine planes and four helicopters has been deployed against the blaze.State agency ANA said the fire, which broke out Tuesday, has destroyed over 1,000 hectares of dense pine forest. EU Humanitarian Commissioner Christos Stylianides on Wednesday called the mobilisation of Greek forces"exemplary" after emergency crews managed to save inhabited areas.reserve from Italy and Spain are deployed in Greece, to fight devastating forest fires.

 

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