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The destructive power of wildfire has been a defining feature of a summer of climate extremes. Dozens of people on multiple continents have died. Blazes have
ATHENS: Major wildfires burning for days in northeastern Greece and on the fringes of the country's capital have incinerated more tracts of forest and forced additional evacuations on Thursday as firefighters struggled against strong winds and arid conditions to bring the multiple fronts under control.
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said 355 wildfires had erupted since Friday, including 209 in the last 48 hours.
Firefighters are struggling to quell deadly flames, part of a crisis of wildfires in the nation this summer. Here are photos from the latest blazes.
Major blazes also burned on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands and in north-western Turkey near the Greek border.