Hundreds of firefighters struggled to contain wildfires fanned by gale force winds in several parts of Greece on Monday as authorities warned most regions faced a high risk of new blazes.
More than 200 firefighters backed by 17 aircrafts were battling a wildfire burning for the third day near the northern port city of Alexandroupolis, where 13 communities were evacuated as a precaution since the fire broke out on Saturday, the fire brigade said."We are in a state of alert, as we will be tomorrow, due to very high temperatures and gale force winds," fire brigade spokesperson Ioannis Artopios said.
Firefighters in Spain also battled on Monday to stabilise a huge wildfire that has devastated forests on the island of Tenerife for six days. Wildfire in Alexandroupolis-Feres region of Greece ???? ????EU ???? Civil Protection Mechanism activated ??
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