{"id":4721,"date":"2026-08-16T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:35:28","slug":"two-die-as-wildfires-sweep-greek-island-of-salamina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4721","title":{"rendered":"Two die as wildfires sweep Greek island of Salamina"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>ATHENS, Aug 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Two people died and several others were injured on Sunday as fast-moving wildfires swept through the Greek island of Salamina west of Athens on the biggest holiday weekend of the summer, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4719\">Stanley Druckenmiller Builds $120 Million Alphabet Stock Position<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Across Europe, successive heatwaves have intensified drought, strained water supplies and left vegetation tinder-dry, helping \u200cwildfires in Spain, France and Greece scorch near unprecedented amounts of land. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>An operation is underway to evacuate people from the areas of Kolones and Saterli, the Fire Department said. It added that it believed the dead bodies were a couple. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The blaze erupted during Greece&#8217;s peak summer getaway weekend around the August 15 Assumption holiday, when large numbers of Athenians head to nearby islands such as Salamina which is easily accessible from the capital&#8217;s main port of Piraeus.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Houses have been damaged, while five people have been taken to a local health clinic, according to local reports. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4717\">Attention, college students: 250,000 minifridges recalled as fire hazards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>About 192 firefighters, 14 aircraft and helicopters, volunteer crews and municipal water tankers deployed to contain the blazes. Authorities said strong winds were making the flames spread rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Coast guard and firefighting vessels were sent to the island, with preparations made for possible sea evacuations from threatened coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Salamina was under a high wildfire risk warning on Sunday. The cause of the fires was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The fires come days after tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near a resort. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4716\">Driver killed and passenger hurt when vehicle crashed into minivan, SC cops say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Ivana Sekularac; Editing by Christina Fincher)<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS, Aug 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Two people died and several others were injured on Sunday as fast-moving wildfires swept through the Greek island of Salamina west of Athens on the biggest holiday weekend of the summer, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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