Firebreaks Halt Blaze on Greek Island, Homes Saved

Firebreaks Halt Blaze on Greek Island, Homes Saved
A burnt house following a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos, on July 24, 2022. Panagiotis Balaskas/AP Photo
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ATHENS, Greece—Fire Service and municipal crews dug firebreaks outside evacuated villages on the Greek island of Lesbos early Monday halting a wildfire that had threatened scores of homes, authorities said.

The overnight work, using excavators and other heavy machinery, took place before six water-dropping planes returned to the southern coast of the eastern Aegean Sea island where the fire was burning for a third day.