Greece Fights Wildfires as Wind Raises Risk in Mediterranean
- More villages evacuated on mainland as threat intensifies
- Risk of wildfires is increasing in Spain, including Madrid
Wildfires burn near Volos, central Greece on July 26.
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Greece is fighting almost 200 wildfires as strengthening winds put a sting in the tail of the Mediterranean’s fading heat wave.
More villages in mainland Greece were evacuated on Thursday as blazes threatened, while two people died in Velestino. A woman was found inside her charred caravan, and a farmer was killed after trying to rescue livestock in a forest. A fire in the northern Athens suburb of Kifisia was quickly contained, but parts of the island of Rhodes are burning for a 10th day.