(UPDATE) ATHENS — Greece has ordered the evacuation of hospitals and homes close to Athens Monday as wildfires continued to spread despite "superhuman" efforts to combat the flames, the fire brigade said.

At least five more communities were told to flee by civil protection authorities, after hundreds of people evacuated Sunday from at least eight villages.

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