The blaze has led to the evacuation of thousands of people and blamed for 20 of Greece’s 21 fire-related deaths last week.
Dozens of new wildfires have broken out each day in Greece in recent weeks, with the vast majority extinguished in their early stages. [Photo: Reuters]
Now in its 12th day, the blaze that began near the port city of Alexandroupolis on August 19 joined with smaller fires to form an inferno that has decimated homes and vast tracts of land near the border with Türkiye.
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