Firefighters grapple with more wildfires near Greece’s capital

A helicopter drops water over Markati village about 37 miles south of Athens (Thnassis Stavrakis/AP)

More wildfires broke out in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes fanned by strong winds triggering evacuation alerts for villages southeast and northwest of the Greek capital.

The first blaze, which broke out in the morning in the Keratea region southeast of Athens, quickly burned through shrubland and was heading toward a national park in the Sounion area.