Man killed in Greece wildfires as new blazes rage

Athens (AFP) Aug 21, 2023

A man was found dead in a wildfire raging north of the Greek capital Athens Monday, firefighters said, as they battled fresh blazes across the country. "An old shepherd ran to his sheepfold to save the animals and was retrieved dead," a spokesman from the fire brigade told AFP in Boeotia, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Athens. People on a beach and in two communities near the f