Greek authorities said the bodies of 18 people were found Tuesday in an area of northeastern Greece struck by a major wildfire.
Hundreds of firefighters struggled Tuesday to control major wildfires burning out of control for days in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands.Hundreds of firefighters struggled Tuesday to control major wildfires burning out of control for days in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, with strong winds fanning the flames and prompting evacuations of villages and a city hospital in Greece.
In Spain's Canary Islands, firefighters battled to control a wildfire burning for a week on the popular tourist destination of Tenerife. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and nearly 15,000 hectares of pine forest and scrubland have been burned. Large parts of Spain were under alert for wildfire risk due to a heatwave that sent temperatures spiking over 38 degrees Celsius in many areas.
About 65 of the more than 100 patients in the hospital were transported to a ferry boat docked in the city's port, while others were taken to other hospitals in northern Greece. The ferry set sail later Tuesday morning to transport the patients west to the port town of Kavala, where they were to be transferred to another hospital.
Near Athens, a new fire broke out in the Aspropyrgos area on the capital's western fringes Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for two villages in the area.
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