Overview

• Greek authorities are battling more than 50 active wildfires with 65 firefighters, 26 vehicles and two aircraft focused around Athens.
• Officials ordered mass evacuations in suburbs such as Kryoneri after over 50 blazes broke out within a single day.
• Greece has requested six firefighting planes from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to bolster its aerial response.
• Turkish crews of nearly 1,900 firefighters are tackling 84 fires around Bursa, where 1,765 residents were relocated and one firefighter died of a heart attack.
• Long-term drought and record heatwaves driven by climate change are increasing wildfire frequency and intensity across the Mediterranean basin.