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Firefighters on Monday battled to contain a wildfire northeast of Athens as high winds caused the blaze to spread overnight after it damaged dozens of homes at a coastal village northeast of the Greek capital.

A large fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon near Grammatriko, northeast of Athens, continued to burn on Monday, testing the efforts of firefighters who resumed their efforts to extinguish it in the early hours. 

The fire was close to residential areas in Grammatiko and neighboring Kalamos and Varnavas, eastern Attica.

Extremely difficult is the night in Kalamos, as the big fire rages unchecked, burning a dense pine forest in the houses scattered around the area.

The mayor of Oropos urged the inhabitants of the Agioi Apostoloi to evacuate the area immediately.

A forest fire which broke out in four different spots around Mount Ida (Kazdağları) in the Edremit district of the western province of Balıkesir on Aug. 9 may have been caused by arson, Doğan News Agency has reported.

For the last three days, more than 630 fires have been extinguished in the country. More than 80 percent of them are in open country and forest areas and stubble fields. In the fires there are no dead and injured people. This was announced by the Ministry of Interior press center on Monday.

On early Saturday afternoon, the fire that threatened the island of Kythera, where two settlements were evacuated, Mylopotamos and the Araies was reignited. Two aircraft and three helicopters returned hurriedly to the area, although earlier, when the fire was considered to be under control, they had left.

There are also 23 vehicles, 118 firefighters.

Firefighters have extinguished nearly 200 fires across the country for the last 24 hours.

This was announced by the Senior Commissioner Asen Ignatov, Deputy Director of "Fire Safety and Protection of the Population" - Ministry of Interior, according to bTV.

And there is no heavy fire that we can not handle, he added.

Battle with flames for 40 firefighters with 20 vehicles and 2 helicopters.

A powerful firefighting force gives a battle with the flames at Anavyssos highway and Panagouli avenue which threatens homes.

According to information, the fire threatens homes in the Finikia settlement in Lagonissi, where an evacuation plan has been organized.

Firefighters were on Thursday battling a forest fire that broke out in the municipality of Ilida, in the Ileia region of the Peloponnese.

Some 26 firefighters on the ground, backed up by more than 13 fire engines and water tankers, were taking part in the operation. Three water-dropping aircraft were assisting in the efforts.

It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.

The extinguishment of the fire that broke out yesterday morning in the feeding depots to the dairy farm near the village of Popovitsa and covered about 5 decares. 4 firefighters were on duty all night, the BNR announced on Thursday.