EXHAUSTED Greek firefighters battled around the clock for the fourth day to try and contain massive blazes north of Athens yesterday.

Exhausted Greek firefighters battled around the clock for the fourth day to try and contain massive blazes north of Athens today.

Massive wildfires raging north of Athens spread today despite a lull in the gales that have been fanning them.

A partial drop in gale-force winds early today offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite from the wildfires which have raged for two days north of Athens.

FIRE burned through suburbs north of Athens early yesterday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in nighttime evacuations, fire service and local officials said.