Tourists Evacuated as Wildfires Spread on Greek Islands
- Visitors and locals in a village on Kos were evacuated
- Firefighters also battle blazes on Crete and Chios islands
A helicopter dumps water over a wildfire near Akoumia in Crete, Greece, on June 26.
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Greek firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires on some of the nation’s biggest islands, leading authorities to start evacuations just as the main tourist season starts.
Both visitors and locals were asked to leave the village of Kardamena on the island of Kos on Monday night as fires got closer and threatened property. The UK embassy in Greece told visitors via X to abide by orders from authorities.