The great wildfires moved through the coastal towns of Palaia Fokaia and Thimari 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Athens, destroying homes and forcing evacuation as the beach.
Plamers broke out low vegetation, but quickly spread to housing areas, as Greece experienced his first thermal waves of the summer.
At least 20 homes were destroyed and many others suffered structural damage, according to local officials.
Powerful winds and horrible temperatures up to 40 ° C entered fire extremely difficult control.
Local residents joined firefighters, forest rangers and aircraft trying to contain fire and protect their homes. The coastal garden is also arranged along the coast.
Emergency contributions was issued over 112 systems, and inviting residents to evacuate a number of cities and villages.
Greece sought to sprinkle their response to the views, which became more and more often due to the long, hot summer and warming.
This year, an additional 18,000 firefighters supported this year, officials say, for the rest of the fire season ending in October.
Earlier this week, thousands of hectares were amazed at Chios, the Greek fifth largest island. The Georgian woman was arrested on Wednesday for doubt to start fire out inadvertently by dropping a cigarette.
One residence in Thimari told Greek websites Kathimerini on Thursday that until the moment she reached the house, she burned down because of the powerful winds. The second said his neighbors were destroyed, but he was lucky.
Further to the coast towards Cape Soundion, at the top of the Atika Peninsula, the fire crossed the coastal road and crossed the reef in a nearby hill.
Authorities announced that more than 1,000 people were evacuated from the affected areas. Eleven tourists were saved from the beach after it became a trapped flame that advances, according to local authorities.
Despite evacuation orders, some residents refused to leave and attempt to defend their homes using garden hoses and other improvised means. Authorities warned that such actions were of endangered lives and distracted emergency services.
According to the Greek state RTV service, at least 40 people, including children and the elderly residents, the police saved after she became trapped.
The fire spokesman Vasileoios Vathrakogians said that the firefighters were engaged in intensive struggle on earth and air, especially in areas where the fire is being burned near houses.
Local officials in the villages in the interior of Thimari described the situation as extremely difficult.
“All the buildings of the municipalities were open to everyone who needed a shelter or medical assistance,” said Babis Galanis, a local deputy mayor.
The Head of the Fire Department of Greece has ordered a special shelf for the fire investigations on the scene to examine whether the fire was intentionally placed.
According to the report of the Committee for Assessing Greece, extremely high temperatures are expected on Friday, with a very high risk of fire in Atica, Evia, Peloponnese and North Aegean.
