Hundreds of firefighters in Greece on Saturday were being pushed to the limit to save a popular coastal resort and other areas as violent winds lashed the country, the civil protection minister said. Nearly 100 firefighters were fighting another blaze in Aigialia in the northern Peloponnese, while another front in Phocis, central Greece was tying down another 64 firefighters. There was nothing you could do, only watch the fire," said Minas Tsotdanis, a farmer from the village of Aspra Chomata near Porto Germeno. At the village of Agios Georgios above Porto Germeno, Kalomoira Karnaouri anxiously watched the fire but refused to leave her home. Residents initially ignored a civil protection call to evacuate, and some 300 people had to be rescued by sea.