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Thousands flee wildfires in Greece and Turkey, firefighter killed

Wildfires raged uncontrolled through Greece and Turkey through Friday night, forcing thousands to flee by land and sea, and killing a volunteer firefighter on the fringes of Athens in a huge forest blaze that threatened the Greek capital’s most important national park.

Eight people have died in Turkey’s blazes, described as the worst in decades, that swept through swaths of the southern coast for the past 10 days.