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In Greece, the largest wildfire ever recorded in the European Union has prompted the EU to mobilise almost half of its firefighting air wing to help tackle it. Greece's fire service told the AFP news agency that the fire is still out of control in their nature reserve, a major sanctuary for birds of prey. It is raging across a six-mile front. Fire department officials arrested two men for deliberate arson, while hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires which have killed at least 21 people. Pray for those mourning the dead, and for those who have watched fires consume their homes. Pray for those in fear as they watch vast tracts of forest blaze, and for the civilians who have been evacuated from the towns of Avra, Atarni and Plaka.