International: After 64 Die, Greece's Major Fires Now Under Control

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Greece's fire department said all major blazes were "generally receding," but authorities remained on high alert for possible rekindling of the massive fires that have killed at least 64 people before a new heat wave forecast for the weekend.

In the southern Peloponnese peninsula, where 57 of the deaths were recorded, all the fronts were contained and firefighters - backed by more than 20 water-dropping aircraft - were moving in to extinguish lingering blazes.

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International: After 64 Die, Greece's Major Fires Now Under Control

"The fires are no longer spreading," fi...

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