Smoke Blankets Athens Suburbs as Wildfire Nears

Hundreds of firefighters battled blazes in several areas of Greece on Friday, as wildfires swept across countryside near Athens and in the Peloponnese peninsula. According to reports, the flames were swept along by strong winds. One fire spread across mountainsides overlooking the Greek capital, threatening some suburbs.

Footage uploaded to Facebook shows helicopters arriving in to help battle the flames, as well as smoke drifting across the sky. Credit: Facebook/Vasilis Kiriazis