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From our Friends at Al Jazeera [aljazeera.com]

At least one person has been killed and 25 others injured in forest fires that raged around Greece's capital, Athens, the Greek emergency services said.

Six of those injured were in serious condition, a senior official at the National Centre for Emergency Medical Services told state TV, as Monday's fires damaged homes, disrupted major transport links and sent people fleeing for their lives.

Meanwhile, Greece's coastguard said a search-and-rescue operation was under way for 10 people, believed to be foreign tourists, who fled a massive forest fire in a boat and were missing.

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