Sunday, August 26, 2007

State of emergency declared as 47 die in fiery Greek tragedy (+ photos)


A villager struggles to battle a blaze with a branch in the village of Leprio in south Peloponnese, about 350km (217 miles) of Athens, August 26, 2007. (click here) Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency after the country's worst forest fires in decades killed at least 47 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames. (REUTERS/John Kolesidis)