Water bombers take to skies as Greece battles wildfires

Greece, which had been relatively spared from major fires at the start of summer, is fighting fires for the second consecutive week

KRYO PIGADI (GREECE) - Water-bombing aircraft resumed firefighting operations in Greece on Monday after winds eased, joining hundreds of firefighters battling multiple blazes that have already claimed five lives, the fire department told AFP.

Greece, which had largely avoided major blazes at the start of the summer unlike France and Spain, is now grappling with a second consecutive week of wildfires that have scorched thousands of hectares of forest, scrubland and farmland.