Three firefighters killed as gale-force winds fan wildfires across Greece
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ATHENS, July 30 — Three firefighters died battling forest blazes in Greece yesterday as several other fires broke out around the country, fed by gale-force winds.The fire...
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The fire department said two firefighters had died on the island of Crete “during an operation to contain a rural forest fire.”
A third firefighter was found unconscious near the Peloponnese port of Gytheio, a fire department spokesman told AFP, with media reports saying he had died of pathological causes.
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- Jul 30, 2026
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