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GREECE:Raging fires add to heat wave woes

ATHENS,Greece-Southern Europe is sweltering under the summer's second major heat wave as firefighters battle blazes raging in Greece,Italy and Macedonia.Officials blamed some fires on arson motivated by the desire to clear land for development.
Three people were killed in a blaze Wednesday that consumed homes outside the town of Aegio in southern Greece, and the heat killed an 81-year-old woman in the northern part of the country. Officials have attributed dozens of other deaths to the heat, including 33 in Romania.The day's high of 113F outside Athens approached the 114.8F reached in the region's first major heat wave of the summer late last month.High pollution,humidity and stagnant air compounded the misery for residents and tourists in the capital.Authorities warned citizens,especially the elderly,to minimize movement,stay indoors and drink plenty of water. Health officials in Hungary have said high temperatures may have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of seriously ill people.Some 2,000 firefighters battled dozens of blazes in pine and oak forests in what Macedonia's Crisis Management Center called one of the country's worst fire seasons recorded.One wind-blown fire raced across the border with Greece,where the Fire Service ordered 24-hour patrols in areas at risk.More than 1,000 additional firefighters were being hired to cope with fires around the country.Stranded residents of Aegio were rescued by helicopter.In the western holiday island of Cephallonia,flames imperiled a nature reserve for native ponies.Tourists and a children's camp were evacuated as a precaution in other parts of Greece.
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