Tatiana Frangou
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/ 24 August 2007

Deadly fires ravage southern Greece

At least six people died and thousands of hectares of forest were consumed in fires racing through Greece’s southerly Peloponnese peninsula on Friday, officials said. Four people were found dead near a hotel north of the town of Areopolis, about 300km south of Athens, and two firefighters also died, the fire brigade and police said.