PATRAS, Greece,/MADRID (Reuters) -Wildfires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe on ...

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday after a nightlong battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third ...

Aircraft had to rotate between blazes on the western Greek mainland, the Patras area and the island of Zante, where high ...

In the southern Korca district, near the Greek border, explosions were reported from buried Second World War-era artillery ...

Local authorities ordered evacuations of villages as intense drought and strong winds fuelled the spread of the flames.

Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a ...

Greek coastguard vessels evacuated tourists and locals, while a volunteer firefighter died in Spain as authorities struggled to quell blazes across the Mediterranean.

Firefighting resources were stretched thin in many affected countries as crews battled multiple outbreaks following weeks of heat waves.