Efforts to extinguish the wildfires continue with interventions by land and air on the third day in Alexandroupolis, Greece on August 21, 2023.
Major wildfires were burning in Greece and in Spain's Canary Islands on Monday, with hot, dry and windy conditions hampering the efforts of hundreds of firefighters battling the blazes.
In Greece, authorities said the body of a man was recovered from a sheep-pen in an area in the central Viotia region under evacuation as a wildfire approached.
Two firefighters were being treated in a hospital for injuries sustained in a separate fire in the northern Kavala region, the fire department said.
Gale-force winds were fanning the flames of dozens of wildfires in several parts of the country, with the northeast particularly hard-hit.
Persons:
Gale, Vasilis Kikilias
Organizations:
European Union, Local, Civil
Locations:
Alexandroupolis, Greece, Canary, Europe, Viotia, Kavala, Komotini, Orestiada, Evia, Kythnos