ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has ...

Firefighters struggled to gain control over a massive wildfire burning on the Greek island of Crete, as powerful winds fanned ...

The blaze has been raging since Wednesday and fire crews say the conditions are creating new flare-ups, making containment ...

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale ...

Around 3,000 Crete residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters, and people remaining in their homes have ...

A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of ...

Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to ...

Crete is ready to welcome tourists as normal following last week’s wildfire, which prompted the evacuation of around 1,500 ...

According to Reuters, thousands were evacuated late last week as Crete endured gale force winds that exacerbated wildfires ...

Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.

A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills the sky over southern Crete ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.