Firefighters were battling a wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Saturday which was burning forests and forced the evacuation of two villages, the fire brigade and authorities said.

A powerful wildfire in Greece erupted Wednesday near Ierapetra on Crete and quickly spiraled into a major blaze across forests, olive groves, and settlements. Fueled by scorching temperatures and fierce gale-force winds,

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale force winds that are whipping up the flames.