The FCO has updated advice for people warning of wildfires around the capital Athens
Travel advice for holidaymakers heading to Greece this summer has been updated by the government. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated advice for people warning of wildfires around the capital Athens.
The FCO advice says: "Forest fires often occur during the summer months across Greece due to the dry/hot weather. Since 19 July there have been ongoing wildfires in Attica, including some northern suburbs of Athens, Markopoulou , and Megara."Given current weather conditions , Civil Protection authorities are warning of very high risk for fire in Attica, Kythera, south Evoia, Argolis, Korinthia, Lakonia, Samos, Ikaria, Chios, Psarra.
At least two people were admitted to hospital with breathing problems and minor burns, while local officials said several houses had been burned in the fire around Mount Penteli, 25 kilometres north-east of the Greek capital. Greece has avoided the heatwave that is currently afflicting countries in western Europe, but fire officials say that hot and dry conditions that have lasted for weeks, as well as longer-term temperature rises, have increased the overall risk of forest fires.
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