Fire rages anew near Athens as evacuations continue in southern Greece

An aircraft drops water during a wildfire in ancient Olympia (Giannis Spyrounis/ilialive.gr via AP)

Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece on Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.

As additional support arrived from Greece’s military and European Union countries, water-dropping planes and helicopters swooped over blazes near the capital, on the island of Evia and near Ancient Olympia to the south.