Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in Greece, with the largest burning through a thickly forested nature reserve on the island of Evia north of Athens where three villages have been evacuated.
More than a thousand firefighters battled wildfires Tuesday in Greece, with the largest burning out of control through a nature reserve on the island of Evia north of Athens causing four villages and a monastery to be evacuated.
"The conditions today are exceptionally difficult," Mitsotakis said. He thanked firefighters for their efforts and said the government's main concern was protecting human life. "The most important thing is to not have any human casualties," Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said in a telephone interview aired on state television.
More than 300 people from four villages were gradually evacuated during the day, many riding on buses and others going out in their own vehicles. Dozens more firefighters, two planes and a helicopter tackled a separate forest fire on the northern island of Thassos. Another wildfire was burning through brush and dried weeds near Thebes, northwest of Athens.
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