Residents cover their faces as they flee a burning area in the Pedeli suburb north of Athens August 23, 2009. Wildfires burned scores of homes and thousands of acres of forest near Athens as flames raged out of control for a second day on Sunday.
A woman cries as a forest fire closes in on her home in the Anthousa suburb north of Athens August 23, 2009. 
A man escorts a crying woman away from a forest fire in Grammatiko village, northeast of Athens, August 22, 2009. A large wildfire raged out of control on the outskirts of Athens on Saturday, burning several homes and thousands of acres of forest.
An elderly woman holding a branch stands in the middle of a street during a forest fire in Grammatiko village, northeast of Athens, the forest fire raged out of control sending thick clouds of smoke over the Greek capital as it burned homes and threatened three villages
