Volunteers try to extinguish a fire burning a house, as a wildfire burns in Menidi, near Athens, Greece, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Elias Marcou ATHENS — Greek firefighters backed by aircraft battled a blaze spreading outside Athens for a second day on Wednesday, August 23, one of hundreds ravaging a country where wildfires have already killed 20 people this week. Several hundred have fled their homes nationwide since fires erupted in northern Greece on Saturday, fanned by heat and high winds in the summer's second major outbreak.

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