Greek wildfires: New blaze burning on ravaged Evia island
Associated PressATHENS, Greece — A new fire broke out Friday on Greece’s second largest island of Evia, south of the area where a massive wildfire has decimated forests and torched homes, and was still smoldering 10 days after it started. Greece’s fire department said four water-dropping aircraft and six helicopters were sent to control the fire that erupted in the morning in central Evia, along with 40 firefighters and 10 vehicles. Worsening drought and heat — both linked to climate change — have also fueled wildfires this summer in the Western United States and in Russia’s northern Siberia region. During his news conference on the fires on Thursday, the Greek prime minister warned that “difficult days” lay ahead until the summer season when wildfires typically break out is over.