At dusk, the 12 airplanes and two helicopters operating in the area had to be withdrawn and the fire is being fought on the ground, with 115 vehicles and over 300 firefighters taking part
(AP) ATHENS, Greece – Greek police arrested four people Saturday for accidentally causing a fire raging south of Athens and seven luck casino threatening houses. Three firefighters have been injured, one with extensive burns, but no civilian casualties have been reported. Police say the four were doing a welding job at a construction site early Saturday afternoon when a spark hit dry grass and ignited a fire. Strong winds quickly spread the fire which is now ranging on a 12-kilometer front to the west and south of the town of Keratea, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Athens, burning several houses in the process. At dusk, the 12 airplanes and two helicopters operating in the area had to be withdrawn and the fire is being fought on the ground, with 115 vehicles and over 300 firefighters taking part. A home for the elderly was evacuated and its 42 residents moved to a nearby resort, authorities said. Three smaller fires that also started near Athens late Saturday afternoon have been brought under control. One, in the district of Pallini, just east of the capital, started in dry grass and threatened an ice cream factory, partly burning some outbuildings. Fourteen vans outside the factory went up in flames. Two other fires broke out in the northwest and southeast corners of the southern Greek Peloponnese peninsula, requiring dozens of fire vehicles to...
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