Wildfires approach Athens, hospitals evacuated

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Dozens of wildfires broke out across Greece, torching olive groves, cutting off villages and sending residents fleeing Saturday as one of the largest blazes swept perilously close to the capital's northern suburbs....

By DEMETRIS NELLAS

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I read a report yesterday where a young woman, around 21 years of age, was caught near a wildfire.

She said that the fire got so close to her that it singed the hair on legs.