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Firefighters in Greece battle wildfires near Athens suburbs with international support. Tragic death reported.

Firefighters in Greece were battling scattered fires as Tuesday broke, hoping to end the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering evacuations and leaving at least one person dead

Vassilis Kikilias praises firefighters’ ‘superhuman’ effort in battling blaze near Athens

Satellite images show the blaze has affected about 25,000 acres

‘Exhausted’ firefighters have been working ‘at full tilt for months’, a union says

Greece battled a massive wildfire near Athens for a third day on Tuesday, with hundreds of European firefighters due to join the effort to contain the deadly blaze that has scorched parts of the capital's suburbs.

A woman's body was found early Tuesday inside a burned-out Athens factory in what is believed to be the first reported death from a disastrous wildfire that has scorched the city's northeastern suburbs, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes and sparking a Greek government appeal for international help.