ATHENS IN FLAMES; Homes burn as fires hit the capital.Byline: BRIAN ROBERTS For the CEO of Comcast, see . Brian Michael Roberts (born October 9, 1977 in Durham, North Carolina), nicknamed B-Rob, is a switch hitting second baseman who plays for the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB. FLAMES light up the sky behind the Acropolis acropolis (əkrŏp`əlĭs) [Gr.,=high point of the city], elevated, fortified section of various ancient Greek cities. The Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high, with a flat oval top c. as wildfires reach Athens. More than 10,000 residents were ordered to flee their homes by police yesterday after some had tried to save their properties with hoses, buckets and branches. As families left the suburb of Agios Stefanos Agios Stefanos (Greek: Άγιος Στέφανος, meaning Saint Stephen) is a rather exclusive suburb in Attica, Greece, about 23 km north of Athens. by car or on foot, planes swooped to dump water on their burning houses. Winds have fanned the wildfires across hills around Athens and they have blazed through forests and olive groves. Avraam Pasipoularidis, mayor of Drossia in the Greek capital's northern suburbs, said: "Everything around me is burning." Greater Athens governor Yiannis Sgouros said: "The situation is tragic. Fires are out of control. Athens had an area of greenery that has gone." CAPTION(S): GLOW Sky over city early yesterday FRUITLESS Resident's vain fight DROP Plane dumps water on Varnava, near Athens |
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