Democracy Now's Tuesday Europe file said wildfires outside Athens jumped containment lines, a day after two firefighting helicopters collided. [1] The Associated Press, filed the same morning from Athens, said several fires west of the capital that had burned mountain communities and coasts were brought under control overnight. Planes and helicopters dumped water inside those perimeters while the wind stayed calm. [2]

Both can be true for a few hours. Overnight hold is not afternoon wind. Costas Tsingas, head of the Greek Firefighters Association, said the fire load was huge and the risk rose as the day progressed. The goal was to end better than the morning started. [2]

The blaze was in its fifth day. More than 1,000 people had been evacuated. Officials blamed a faulty wind-farm power line. More than 250 people were taken off beaches by boat around Porto Germeno. [2] The paper's Bell grounding brief already parked the type that had been working those slopes.

Thirty-three people were arrested between June 29 and August 2 for starting fires, 30 through negligence. [2] That is a farm-and-welding ledger, not Tuesday's wind.

A jumped line is a morning claim. A contained perimeter is a morning claim. Tuesday's weather decides which one survives dinner.

-- DARA OSEI, London