Greek firefighters try to narrow down blaze near Athens

Firefighters are struggling for three consecutive days to extinguish the blaze that forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and burned the pine forest in the west of the capital city of Greece.

Athens: Greek firefighters battled for a third day on Friday (May 21) a wind-driven blaze that burned through pine forests about 60 km (37 miles) west of the capital Athens and forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes. Firefighters battled overnight to contain the fire that burned homes as black smoke filled the sky above costal villages where police were calling on citizens to leave. More than 10 villages and two monasteries have already been evacuated.