Greeks struggle to contain huge blazes

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

Six major fires were burning across Greece, including blazes on the islands of Evia and Skyros in the Aegean and Zakynthos in the west.

But the most dangerous was the fire near Athens, which started north of the Marathon plain and spread over Mount Penteli on the northern edge of Athens.