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\n Published on 23\/07\/2025 – 13:14 GMT+2
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A firefighting helicopter crashed into the sea while attempting to collect water to combat a blaze in Athens. All three crew members were rescued and taken to a nearby hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Greece is combating a surge in wildfires amid soaring temperatures.<\/p>\n
A large wildfire broke out near the southern Greek city of Corinth on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of several villages as firefighters battled flames under scorching conditions, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
More than 180 firefighters, supported by 15 aircraft and 12 helicopters, were deployed to tackle the blaze in a pine forest in the mountainous area of the municipality, according to the local fire department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were no immediate reports of injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Temperatures in parts of Greece have soared to around 40 degrees Celsius during the summer, creating difficult conditions for emergency crews.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wildfires are common during Greece’s hot, dry summers and authorities have responded to dozens of outbreaks so far this year. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The Greek government said in May that it was deploying a record number of firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to address growing wildfire risks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The risks of wildfires in the region remains high due to the ongoing heatwaves, drought and strong winds. Experts say climate change is exacerbating them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A massive fire swept through the seaside town of Mati, east of Athens, in 2018. It trapped people in their homes and on roads as they tried to flee. <\/p>\n
More than 100 people died, including some who drowned trying to swim away from the flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Euronews with AP Published on 23\/07\/2025 – 13:14 GMT+2 \u2022Updated 13:55 ADVERTISEMENT A firefighting helicopter crashed into the sea while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,18695,75,18694,18696,128],"class_list":["post-17588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-climate-clock","tag-environment","tag-fires-in-greece","tag-greek-politics","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}