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Greece Wildfires: Hundreds of 'Refugee Horses' Rescued Near Athens
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1:51Now PlayingMore than 250 horses found a safe haven at the facilities of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation after being rescued from a wildfire in Varibobi, north of the Greek capital.
A wildfire broke out on the northern suburbs of Athens on Tuesday afternoon, it rekindled on Thursday and forced more evacuations as it continued to burn through the forest, scorching homes and cars.
"In essence we now are accommodating refugee horses, until we figure out what will happen to their facilities and they are able to return home," said Antonis Diamantaras, curator of the Federation.
Varibobi horse riding club president, Nikolaos Georgopoulos, said that even though his facilities were destroyed by the flames, all the horses are safe and accounted for and will remain at the Hellenic Equestrian Federation until the club is restored.
Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece 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.
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