A forest fire broke out on Tuesday cutting the main motorway linking Athens to northern and southern Greece, officials said, as the nation reels under a severe heatwave. The civil protection service issued warnings to residents to be on the alert as the blaze spread at the foot of Mount Parnitha, 30km north of the capital. Local media reported dozens of children had been evacuated from a holiday camp in the
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