2 firefighters die in Greece as others fight massive blaze in France

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Scoop News DeskGreece · Published Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM UTCUpdated Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC

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Iran War Fauci Hearing World Politics HealthWatch MoneyWatch Entertainment Crime Sports The Free Press Watch CBS News Updated on: July 29, 2026 / 11:55 AM EDT / CBS/AP Two firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Crete , officials said, while crews in southern France worked to extinguish a massive, uncontained wildfire that had spread to roughly four times the size of Paris. At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain.

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