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Authorities said firefighters used bulldozers to dig "fire breaks" Outside villages were evacuated on the island, stopping the spread of fire that threatened to devour dozens of homes.
Firefighters are battling in Greece Forest fires on the island of Lesbos, as well as new fires in the western and northern Peloponnese, which led to the evacuation of neighboring residential areas as the heat wave swept the region.
A fire broke out in mountainous forests on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, near Turkey, on Saturday, destroying properties in the seaside resort of Vatera and evacuating two other villages, Frisa and Stavros.
In mainland Greece, a new forest fire threatened homes in Christina in the western Peloponnese region, forcing residents of the village of Grelos to evacuate.
Anastasios Karnaros, a member of the Cristina Municipal Council, told a local TV channel: "Fires surrounded Christina and there are reports of homes destroyed, we need help".
And temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Greece, on Sunday, with the extension of the heat wave that hit other areas of the country Europe East, and is expected to continue for most of this week, according to meteorologists.
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Authorities said firefighters used bulldozers to dig “fire breaks” outside evacuated villages on the island, halting the spread of the flames that threatened to engulf dozens of homes.
Firefighters are battling in Greece Forest fires on the island of Lesbos, as well as new fires in the western and northern Peloponnese, which led to the evacuation of neighboring residential areas as the heat wave swept the region.
A fire broke out in mountainous forests on the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, near Turkey, on Saturday, destroying properties in the seaside resort of Vatera and evacuating two other villages, Frisa and Stavros.
In mainland Greece, a new forest fire threatened homes in Christina in the western Peloponnese region, forcing residents of the village of Grelos to evacuate.
“Christina has been surrounded by fire and there are reports of houses destroyed, and we need help,” Anastasios Karnaros, a member of Christina’s municipal council, told a local TV channel.
And temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Greece, on Sunday, with the extension of the heat wave that hit other areas of the country Europe East, and is expected to continue for most of this week, according to meteorologists.