Hospital evacuated after wildfire breaks out in Greece
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Athens: A wildfire fuelled by strong winds broke out in the Greek port city of Patras on Tuesday, authorities said, forcing a children s hospital and...
Athens: A wildfire fuelled by strong winds broke out in the Greek port city of Patras on Tuesday, authorities said, forcing a children's hospital and residents to evacuate.
Patients were transported to other facilities elsewhere in the city as 80 firefighters, 25 vehicles and 10 water bombers battled the blaze.
Residents in three areas of Patras -- Greece's third largest city located in the Peloponnese region -- left their homes and took refuge in the city centre, civil protection officials said on X.
Other regions issued wildfire warnings as Greece faces what Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias has said is its "worst wildfire season in 20 years".
Patras Mayor Kostas Peletidis told public broadcaster ERT that the situation was improving.
