Fire brigade says battling 87 blazes in Greece

ATHENS, Aug 25 (Reuters) Greece's fire brigade said it was battling 87 forest fires throughout the country today, including blazes that killed 41 people in the southern Peloponnese region.

''As of this moment, we have 87 active fire fronts,'' said fire department spokesman Ioannis Stamoulis. ''We have big fires in western Greece, the Peloponnese, the island of Evia and the Attica (Athens) region.'' Fires have swept through the Peloponnese peninsula since Friday, trapping people in villages before they could be evacuated.

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