Wildfires in Greece
Kill at Least 74 The disaster wreaked by the twin fires has been called a "national tragedy" and "biblical" in its scale. The fires began on Monday during a heatwave in Greece, igniting on two sides of Athens. Cars, farms and forests have been torched and at least 150 people have been hospitalized. Nikos Stavrinidis, via ABC News Scores of evacuees headed towards the sea for safety, but once in the water, some people drowned. Others spent hours being
drifted away from the coast
by the current before being rescued. Rescuers reported finding 26 bodies "huddled together" at a seaside resort in Mati. Both Spain and Turkey have offered to aid in the firefighting effort. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, via ABC News
