Major wildfires are burning in Greece and on Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife off the northwest coast of Africa
, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.
In the northeast of the country near the border with Turkey, strong winds rekindled flames on several fronts in a major wildfire burning for a third day across forests and farmland near the town of Alexandroupolis. Cyprus was sending two firefighting aircraft to help tackle the Alexandroupolis blaze, including four crew and five ground support staff.
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