Fire damages homes, cars northeast of Athens
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Four houses were completely destroyed, while the roofs and outer walls of many more suffered extensive damages in suburbs of Stamata, Rodopoli and Dionysos, northeast of Athens, as a wildfire swept through a local pine forest. Fifteen cars were also burned. The fire started to recede later Tuesday thanks to the efforts of eight water-dropping airplanes, 12 helicopters and more than 300 firefighters on the ground. “It was a difficult and dangerous fire,” civil protection chief Nikos Hardalias said. “Fire crews had to operate between inhabited areas and between homes,” he added. [Sooc]