그리스에 번지는 산불 화마 : Wildfires Rage Across Greece

ALAN TAYLOR

Around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece, about 50 forest fires have broken out in recent days, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures, sending clouds of smoke billowing over the city and forcing hundreds of residents to flee from flames threatening their homes. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece had requested help from his country’s army and air force, as well as the European emergency response center, to fight the blazes.

• A firefighting plane drops water over a fire near holiday homes in Costa village, in the Argolida region in southeastern Greece, during a developing wildfire on July 20, 2015. Dozens of people were evacuated as firefighters fought the fire, which broke out on Monday afternoon in Panorama in Costa village at a forested area where dozens of summer houses are located, according to local media. 

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• A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• A firefighting helicopter flies over smoke billowing over Athens on July 17, 2015, as firemen battle a brush fire in northeastern Athens and another wildfire in the southern Peloponnese peninsula that prompted the evacuation of five villages. 

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• A firefighting helicopter drops water on a fire as residents look on in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• People flee from a fire progressing in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• People run away from their houses during a fire in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• Tourists walk near the Parthenon temple as smoke from a nearby wildfire rises in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• Police officers help a nun to evacuate from a monastery during a fire in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• A fire burns on the mountain of Ymittos, in the eastern suburbs of Athens, on July 17, 2015. 

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• Two men ride a motorcycle away from a fire in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• A fire burns on a mountain over the town of Neapoli in southern Greece on July 17, 2015. 

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• Fire burns a warehouse in the town of Neapoli on July 17, 2015. 

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• Burned cars sit in a car lot as a wildfire rages in the town of Neapoli in the region of Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, on July 17, 2015. 

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• Firefighters use a light to inspect a burned shop in the town of Neapoli, Greece, on July 17, 2015. 

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• Tourists embark a sailboat as a wildfire burns on the mountain near the town of Nafplio, about 87 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• Flames rise next to a fire truck as a wildfire rages at the village of Neapoli on July 17, 2015. 

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• Local residents try to extinguish a wildfire raging at the Kareas suburb, east of Athens, on July 17, 2015. 

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• A small airplane drops water over a fire at the holiday resort village of Asini, near the town of Nafplio, on July 20, 2015. 

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• Smoke and flames billow over Athens on July 17, 2015 as firefighters battle a brush fire in northeastern Athens and another wildfire in the southern Peloponnese peninsula that prompted the evacuation of five villages. 

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• Local residents try to extinguish a wildfire raging at the village of Neapoli on July 17, 2015. 

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• A firefighting helicopter flies over a forest fire in an Athens neighborhood on July 17, 2015. 

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• A man turns away as flames burn on the mountain of Ymittos in Athens on July 17, 2015. 

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• Smoke and flames rise next to houses as a wildfire rages above the village of Neapoli on July 17, 2015. 

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• Local residents carry water to extinguish a forest fire in an Athens neighborhood on July 17, 2015. 

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• Locals watch as a firefighting plane drops water over a fire near holiday homes in Costa village in southeastern Greece during a developing wildfire on July 20, 2015. 

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