While wildfires that have ravaged Greece for over two weeks are mostly under control firefighters are still stationed in critical hotspots due to the ongoing threat of strong winds
Fed by scorching temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds, the two-week inferno had sparked chaos at the peak of the busy summer tourist season in Greece. / Photo: Reuters
"Scattered fire pockets are being extinguished," the fire department said in an update on Saturday to AFP news agency, adding that there was"no active front" in the three biggest wildfires in Rhodes, Corfu and central Greece that had forced thousands of people to flee. Some 20,000 visitors and locals fled from hotels and villages on the island of Rhodes. Hundreds more were evacuated in Corfu and other areas.
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