Greece Wildfire Burning Out of Control In Nature Preserve Forces Evacuation of Hundreds
At a Glance Firefighting efforts were hampered by high winds. A state of emergency was declared Tuesday for the area affected by the fire.Dozens of other wildfires broke out in the country within a 24-hour period. Firefighters continued Wednesday to battle a major wildfire burning through a protected nature reserve on the Greek island of Evia, where hundreds of people had been evacuated from four villages and a monastery. Water-dropping planes and helicopters concentrated on areas where access to the...