
An air force radar station, a casino and a summer holiday camp on the mountain, 25km (16 miles) from Athens, have been evacuated."My area was spared, but unfortunately the forest is no longer there," the mayor of Thramakedones told Greek radio. His village was one of the most at risk from the fire.The forests of Mount Parnitha are popular with Athenians wanting to escape the heat of the city. They are considered the lungs of heavily-polluted Athens, reports the BBC's Malcolm Brabant.More than 120 fires have broken out across the country in the last two days, but most of the them have been extinguished, officials say.Eleven people have died in the nine-day heatwave, one of the longest recorded in Greece.Most have died from heat stroke or heart attacks. On Thursday, two volunteer firefighters were trapped by flames and died of smoke inhalation in the centre of the country.Temperatures have now dropped below 40C, after peaking at 46C earlier in the week, but forecasters say another heatwave is expected next week.
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