Where are the wildfires in Crete? Map shows areas hit by fires as thousands evacuated from Rethymno

THOUSANDS of locals and British holidaymakers have been evacuated from Crete after deadly wildfires swept through the popular Greek hotspot. At least three emergency responders have lost their lives during the crisis across Greece, including two firefighters who became trapped in their vehicle near the mountain village

Two firefighters have died on Crete after becoming trapped while tackling a wildfire, several of which are raging through the mountains on Greece's largest island

Greece also worked to contain blazes on Lesbos and in the Peloponnese, where another firefighter died, in the midst of a brutal wildfire season for Europe.

Strong winds have fanned the flames in the Rethymno region as wildfires continue to ravage the Greek island.

FRENCH authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate today from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters’ hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux. The blaze in the Gironde region has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced 220,000 people to evacuate.  Acro