http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/5605 During the last week of August 2007, the country of Greece faced its worst forest fire disaster in terms of loss of life and damages to date. At least 64 people have died and over one-quarter of a million acres burned with fire damaging or destroying thousands of homes, property and livelihoods. In four days, numerous wildland fires burned uncontrolled across the country, as means to fight the flames became overwhelmed or hindered by continued high winds. Starting on August 24, 2007, as temperatures over 100F with winds 32 – 38 mph and extreme low humidity (8-20%) fires began near Mount Parnon, near Sparta, and on Mount Taygetos in Peloponnese. . Quickly spreading in a community just south of Peloponneese, the first six fire deaths occurred with still others in nearby Ilia as media attracted worldwide attention to the incident.Evacuations of villages were indiscriminate and not coordinated leaving many villagers exposed to approaching wildfire and killing them as they tried to escape. Tragically, some who died left homes that remained unscathed by the fire. Some 110 villages were destroyed during the fires leaving thousands of people homeless. 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