THE GUARDIAN: Boats ready to pick up evacuees on Corfu as heatwave continues and firefighters tackle blazes on Rhodes that sparked Greece’s largest wildfire evacuation
Firefighters in Greece were struggling to contain 82 wildfires burning across the country, 64 of which started on Sunday, the hottest day of the summer so far.
As well as huge blazes on the island of Rhodes, which forced 19,000 to flee, wildfires also broke out on the islands of Evia and Corfu.
On Evia, authorities told residents of four southern villages to evacuate to the town of Karystos, west of where the fire was advancing. » | Guardian staff and agencies | Monday, July 24, 2023
