. ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Wildfires raged through different parts of Greece on Saturday a day before crucial elections which has already spooked voters, international banks and world markets.<br/> <br />The first blaze was reported in Keratea, some 50km south of the Greek capital Athens at around noon local time , where flames spread through isolated houses burning down several homes.<br/> <br />As the day progressed fires were also reported in Pendeli and Marathonas, suburbs in the north east of Athens, and in Patras and Neapoli in the Peloponese.<br/> <br />Four aircraft, one helicopter and more than 100 firefighters with dozens of engines battled flames surrounding the settlements of Synterina, Agiasmos, Katafygi and Palaia Fokaia.<br/> <br />Residents were running around wooded areas with water buckets and hoses to try to put out the flames<br/> <br />The Greek radio station Skai said the Keratea fires were started accidentally by welders working near a wooded area. They said the Keratea fire is not threatening residential areas but because because it is spreading fast they evacuated villages and closed off roads.
