Greek forest ablaze amid summer heat

Firefighters observing from a distance a raging pine forest wildfire fanned by strong winds near the village of Athikia, in the Peloponnese area near Corinth, Greece, on Wednesday. The Greek authorities evacuated five settlements as a precaution. Summer fires are frequent in the country, with temperatures regularly soaring over 30 deg Celsius. In July 2018, a fire in Mati, a coastal resort north-east of Athens, left 102 people dead in the worst such tragedy in modern Greek history.