Trees are on fire next to the Museum of the archaeological site of ancient Olympia West Peloponese, Greece on 26 August 2007. More than fifty people were killed due to wildfires and villages were evacuated. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU (zu dpa-Korr.: "Feuersbrunst vernichtet Existenzen - Olympia bedroht" vom 26.08.2007) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A police officer walks by damaged cars and relatives of victims at the scene were on Friday at least 19 people lost their lives, in Artemida village near Zaharo, 330 kilometers (206 miles) southwest of Athens on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. The death toll from forest fires that raged uncontrolled across vast swathes of southern Greece for a second day increased Saturday to 37 people, and the casualties were believed to include several children, the fire department said. At least 30 of the deaths occurred in the western Peloponnese near the town of Zaharo, the department said. A massive fire in the area, fanned by strong winds, continued to burn out of control. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Firemen try to extinguish a wildfire close to Kaletzi of Coritn, Peloponnese on 24 August 2007. Fifteen people were killed due to the fire and villages were evacuated. Extreme dry weather and strong winds have caused a forest fire to rage out of control near the southern Greek port city of Kalamata, according to Greek radio reports Friday. The flames destroyed several houses in three communities on Taygetos mountain in the east of the city as it burned overnight, the reports said. The front of the fire was several kilometres long. EPA/VASILIS PSOMAS +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A relative reacts next to damaged cars in Artemida village near Zaharo, 330 kilometers (206 miles) southwest of Athens on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. The death toll from forest fires that raged uncontrolled across vast swathes of southern Greece for a second day increased Saturday to 37 people, and the casualties were believed to include several children, the fire department said. At least 30 of the deaths occurred in the western Peloponnese near the town of Zaharo, the department said. A massive fire in the area, fanned by strong winds, continued to burn out of control. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A relative reacts next to damaged cars at the scene were on Friday at least 19 people lost their lives, in Artemida village near Zaharo, 330 kilometers (206 miles) southwest of Athens on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. The death toll from forest fires that raged uncontrolled across vast swathes of southern Greece for a second day increased Saturday to 37 people, and the casualties were believed to include several children, the fire department said. At least 30 of the deaths occurred in the western Peloponnese near the town of Zaharo, the department said. A massive fire in the area, fanned by strong winds, continued to burn out of control. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In this image released by NASA on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, fires in Greece are seen from space. 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. (AP Photo/NASA)
