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Greek wildfires: Multinational force works to tame flare-ups

by Nicholas PaphitisPetros Karadjias
| August 13, 2021 12:03 AM

PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Mideast worked alongside their Greek colleagues in rugged terrain Wednesday, trying to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that have ravaged Greece's forests for a week, destroying homes and forcing thousands to evacuate.

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