Massive Greece wildfire persists for 11th day

A burned house in northwestern Athens. Pic/AP

A massive wildfire was burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day on Tuesday despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft.

After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region was mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access. The wildfire has been blamed for 20 of the 21 wildfire-related deaths in Greece last week.

Six planes and four helicopters were assisting 475 firefighters on the ground, backed by 100 vehicles. Another 260 firefighters and one helicopter were tackling flare-ups of another fire burning for days in a forest on the southern slopes of Mount Parnitha near Athens.

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No of bodies recovered last week

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