Greek firefighters ran out of water as they fought a forest fire near Athens yesterday. Witnesses said the blaze damaged at least three homes at a hamlet by the town of Marathon – the site of the historic 490 BC battle between Athenians and Persians about 40 kilometres northeast of the Greek capital.

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