With temperatures soaring to or beyond 38C, dry conditions and strong winds are fuelling the fire. Mr Vathrakoyannis cautioned that under such circumstances, wildfires "expand very quickly and become dangerous. These conditions are expected to prevail over the coming days."

A wildfire has burned through a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, prompting evacuations. On Saturday, residents of Kryoneri received three SMS messages to evacuate to safe areas.

A significant wildfire has broken out in a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, with residents evacuated and battles against blazes on Crete and other Greek islands

Greece is continuing to battle wildfires that have destroyed homes and sparked evacuations for a second day.Fires were still raging Sunday morning in .

One major blaze tore through a northern suburb of the Greek capital on Saturday, prompting urgent evacuation orders. Meanwhile, several Greek islands were also affected

Here's the latest travel advice from the UK Foreign Office as wildfires have broke out in parts of Greece and its capital Athens.

The Israeli national was also arrested after the attacker claimed he made racist comments, though the Israeli national remains in hospital. Israeli tourist Stav Ben-Shoshan was enjoying a vacation near Athens when he was reportedly attacked by a group of Syrian migrants,

ATHENS: Greece on Sunday was still battling wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations across the country, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. According to the fire brigade,