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Added on the 29/08/2023 13:56:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Massive fires in Southern California have forced pets of all sizes to take shelter at a local equestrian center. Hansen Dam Equestrian Center provided temporary accommodation for displaced animals that had been evacuated from the path of the La Tuna fire, in Los Angeles, on Sunday. The fire, which has been described as the largest in Los Angeles' history, has reportedly covered around 7,000 acres of land.
On the outskirts of the Greek capital of Athens, firefighting helicopters drop water on blazes as they struggle to tame deadly wildfires burning through the country for a sixth day. So far, 20 people have been killed in the blazes. IMAGES
Firefighting helicopters drop water on a fire on Greece's Mount Parnitha near Athens, in the largest forest adjoining the capital, threatening a national park for a second day. A fire department spokesman told state television ERT there was an "explosion of fire" in a forest ravine early on August 24 that renewed the threat to inhabited areas. IMAGES
Firefighters scramble to contain a raging inferno northwest of Athens as Greece's emergency services continue to battle a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country that has left 20 dead. Civil protection ordered the evacuation of Ano Liosia in northwest Athens, a district of over 25,000 people, with people from the neighbouring town of Fyli rushing to flee the advancing flames. IMAGES
Images of wildfires spreading and its aftermath near the Greek city of Alexandroupoli, as the country continues to battle the deadly brazes. The flames killed two and forced widespread evacuations in the second deadly wave of fires in a month. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).