ATHENS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A multi-front spate of wildfires, extending from the central Peloponnese down to Laconia prefecture in the extreme south, have killed at least 27 people, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported Friday. This is a shocking development amid an already fire-marred 2007summer season in the heat-struck east Mediterranean country. According to the Greek fire department, a total of 21 bodies were found in villages near the town of Zaharo in the western Peloponnese, including three firefighters. To the southeast, another six were found in another fire near the town of Areohoro. News reports said that another 10 victims were found in the western Peloponnese, but authorities have not confirmed the figure yet. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis arrived in Zaharo Friday night, while main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou, who cut short a rally in northern Greece, was also heading to the affected regions and also spoke by phone with local mayors. Speaking to reporters, Papandreou said the situation in the area is tragic as a result of the wildfires Outlet timberland, while he did not rule out the possibility of re-tabling a proposal for a meeting of the Political Leaders Council to discuss the issue. Earlier Scarpe timberland, a fire department spokesman said that no less than 129wildfires had erupted over 24 hours, between Thursday and Friday afternoon, with the worst place centered in the Areopolis district on the border between Laconia and Messinia prefectures, in the extreme south of mainland Greece. Most of the provincial roadways in the Peloponnese were blocked off, as flames were fanned by winds of up to nine on the Beaufort scale, a weather parameter, which also made flights by fire-fighting aircraft difficult. Of other wildfires in Greece, fire department officials said one in the industrial district of Elefsina, west of the greater Athens area, posed a threat to fuel tanks in the area. According to reports Botas timberland, land lines and mobile phones are down throughout Laconia prefecture Timberland uomo, and a state of emergency has been declared in Messinia and Laconia prefectures. Emergency financial aid amounting to 500 zapatos timberland,000 euros has been allocated for the two prefectures.Related Topics Articles：

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