Deschutes National Forest
Fire in a forest area in Agnanti, Fthiotida
37 firefighters with 2 teams of hiking teams and 11 vehicles are working to extinguish the fire, while a helicopter is dropping from the air
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Fire near Marathon
A fire was reported on Wednesday afternoon near the town of Marathon in eastern Attica. The Hellenic Fire responded to the blaze in the shrubland with 45 firefighters, 13 vehicles and two helicopters.
The fire is near some isolated homes but none of them are currently at risk.
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Fire at Armenian church’s lodging kills 2, hurts 2
The fire that broke out in the residence of the Surp Pırgiç Armenian Catholic Church in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district left two people dead and two wounded.
After the fire that broke out late on Jan. 23, many firefighters were dispatched to the scene and the fire was extinguished after about two hours of efforts.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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Major US wildfire grows, forcing new evacuations
With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western U.S. and Canada on July 18, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grew again and authorities ordered new evacuations.
Bootleg, the largest of 80 major fires now active in the U.S., spread overnight from 274,000 acres to 290,000 acres -- three times the size of the metropolis of Detroit, officials said.
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Crews take control of fire in Alepohori
A fire that broke out over a large area of forestland in west Attica has been brought under control, the fire service said on Thursday.
The blaze near Alepohori started shortly after 11 a.m. in an area with scattered houses but fire service crews arrived quickly and contained its spread.
Authorities had 15 firemen with seven vehicles and a water-dropping aircraft in the area.
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Fire service on Lesvos says child dead in camp blaze
The Hellenic Fire service said in a Tweet on Monday that a minor has been found dead during an operation to extingush a fire that broke out at the Moria refugee and migrant camp earlier in the afternoon.
Fire threatening homes in coastal town near Athens contained
A fire that threatened homes at the coastal town of Lagonissi south of the Greek capital Athens was contained before it damaged residences, the fire brigade said.
Earlier on Friday the fire brigade ordered the evacuation of residents in the coastal suburb, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Athens.
Fire breaks out in Lagonisi, eastern Attica; evacuation ordered
The Greek fire service on Friday ordered the evacuation of several homes in Lagonisi, east Attica, after strong winds pushed a blaze that had started in low-lying brush on an empty plot towards the town's residential area.
Firefighters battle blaze in Mandra, western Attica
Firefighters on Saturday were dispatched to Mandra, in western Attica, to battle a blaze that broke out on forestland in the area of Eryrthres.
According to a fire service officers, the blaze was not threatening residential areas by 6 p.m.
Wildfire rages across Evia
A huge environmental disaster was unfolding Tuesday in central parts of the island of Evia, where a large wildfire was raging over a front stretching up to 12 kilometers, with the country's civil protection authority declaring a state of emergency.
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