AND IT IS FUELED BY EXTREME HEAT
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR.
FLAMES SHOOTING MORE THAN 80
FEET INTO THE AIR AS A
FAST-MOVING AND UNPREDICTABLE
WILD FIRE CLOSED IN ON ATHENS
OVERNIGHT.
THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS THAT MAKE
THE CITY A TOURIST HOT SPOT WITH
MORE THAN A MILLION AMERICANS
VISITING EVERY YEAR IN THE PATH.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
ALL OVER, ALL OVER GREECE.
>> Reporter: SUSAN AND HER
HUSBAND FROM ALABAMA SAW THE
FIRE WHEN THEY ARRIVED SUNDAY.
>> WE CAN’T BELIEVE ALL THE
SMOKE AND JUST LITERALLY SO
CLOSE TO US AND JUST A GIANT
SMOKE CLOUD THAT ALMOST LOOKED
LIKE A MUSHROOM CLOUD FROM A
BOMB OR SOMETHING.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE FORCING
EVACUATIONS, BURNING HOMES AND
BUSINESSES, TURNING HOTELS INTO
SHELTERS.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED.
MORE THAN A DOZEN TREATED FOR
BURNS AND BREATHING PROBLEMS.
THE SMOKE AND FIRE CLOSING IN ON
SUNDAY.
KATE AND RYAN FROM CALIFORNIA
CAPTURING THIS.
IN GREECE TO CELEBRATE THEIR
DAUGHTER’S COLLEGE GRADUATION.
>> WHILE WE WERE HERE, WE
RECEIVED EMERGENCY ALERTS ON OUR
PHONES, WHICH WAS BOTH
CONCERNING AND COMFORTING AT THE
SAME TIME.
>> Reporter: THIS SATELLITE
IMAGE SHOWING THE SIZE.
THE FIRE SCORCHING 25,000 ACRES.
THIS MORNING WARNINGS FOR
CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE
ELDERLY TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS
BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE.
>> THE SMOKE WAS BAD.
WE DID REALLY SMELL IT
YESTERDAY.
WE COULD SEE IT IN THE AIR FOR
THE LAST FEW DAYS.
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 600
FIREFIGHTERS GOT A BIT OF A
REPRIEVE, BUT THE GUSTS ARE
PICKING UP THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE TEMPERATURES FORECASTED TO