Fires kill at least 49 across Greece

Fires kill at least 49 across Greece - Europe - MSNBC.com

ZAHARO, Greece - Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched
forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday with
ashes raining onto the Acropolis. The death toll rose to at least 49 as the
government declared a nationwide state of emergency.