Italy joins Greece in fighting raging wildfires
STORY: Wildfires burned for a third day west of Athens, destroying forests and homes and spurring evacuations, as authorities braced for a new heatwave that was likely to further stoke tinderbox conditions across the country.
Four aircraft sent from Italy and France joined the forces, Greek authorities said. Firefighters across the country, boosted by crews from Romania, Poland and Slovakia, have been deployed to help battle the blazes.
Fires are common in Greece, but hotter and drier summers have turned the Mediterranean into a wildfire hotspot in recent years.
