"Wildfires across Greece have abated but firefighters are still operating at different spots," a fire brigade official said.
Greece is heavily reliant on tourism and Rhodes, one of its biggest islands, is among its top summer destinations, attracting about 1.5 million foreign tourists in the summer months.
[1/4]Flames and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the village of Gennadi, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25, 2023.
REUTERS/Nicolas Economou/File PhotoTourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said that wildfires have affected only a small part of the island.
On the island of Corfu, where a wildfire rekindled overnight without threatening homes, a local governor said he suspected arson.
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Rhodes, Nicolas Economou, Olga Kefalogianni, Nikos Mouzakitis, Angeliki Koutantou, Sharon Singleton
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