Wind and dry conditions raise the risk that blazes might restart in areas of the island where they had already been contained ...

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

Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and tourist resorts in Crete as a wildfire tears through forests on the ...

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

Firefighters were battling a wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Saturday which was burning forests and forced the ...

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

A massive Greece wildfire on Crete, fueled by extreme heat and gale winds, has forced over 1,500 residents and tourists to ...

A fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete forces evacuations of homes and hotels. Authorities say the fire, driven ...

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 island is a beloved destination for tourists, many of whom would have started flocking to the Greek island as the summer ...

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