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Nearly 500 firefighters, 120 vehicles, three planes and four helicopters swung into action from dawn to battle the flames near the Athens suburbs of Penteli, Pallini, Anthousa and Gerakas - home to some 29,000.
Thick brown plumes of smoke covered the horizon as a wildfire burns in mountainside suburbs outside the Greek capital for a second day. Meanwhile, Spain's prime minister said more than 500 have died amid intense heat.
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