Wildfire raging across Greece's Evia Island
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August 14, 2019, 17:48
A huge forest fire prompted evacuation of villages on Greece's Evia island
A state of emergency was declared in the densely-wooded Greek island of Evia east of Athens, after a blaze broke out there. Evia is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. The disaster prompted the evacuation of villages. Wildfires on the Island of Evia has left the Greek capital clouded in smoke.