Wildfires rage across Europe as firefighters battle blazes strengthened by gale-force winds

Over 224,000 French residents were forced to flee due to the wildfires so far.

Gale-force winds are driving flames through a seaside resort in Greece and triggering fresh evacuations as wildfires spread fast throughout Athens.

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation

Firefighters held a vast wildfire inside its perimeter in southwestern France on Saturday, allowing about 198,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation, even as renewed fires forced thousands from their homes elsewhere in France and Greece.

Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee  Toronto Star

Hundreds were evacuated by sea from a Greek resort as renewed fires in France and Greece underscored how quickly days of firefighting progress can be reversed

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation

Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee  AP News

Wildfires rage in Greece as firefighters continue battle in France and Spain  Reuters

ATHENS, Aug 1 - Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway, while conditions worsened again in parts of Spain and France.

ATHENS: Hundreds of firefighters in Greece on Saturday (Aug 1) were battling to save a popular coastal resort northwest of Athens as violent winds continued to lash the country, hampering operations.The fire department said over 300 firefighters were operating in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70km northwest of Athens

Closer to home, firefighters in Suffolk were able to reduce the number of appliances tackling a blaze which has caused ‘total devastation’ to heathland.

Around 500 people, mostly tourists, are evacuated by boat from Agios Vasileios after becoming trapped.

Three firefighters were killed as wildfires swept Greece while fires in Spain, France and Portugal forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate.

Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe.

Snow is forecast to fall as low as 200 metres while strong southerly winds of up to 100km/h create dangerous conditions across much of the South Island.

French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux

French firefighters continue to battles blazes in dry forests west of Bordeaux

Snow could fall to 200m in the South Island, disrupting travel.

FRENCH authorities gave the go-ahead today for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in south-west France. The move is the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burnt an area four times the size of Paris. The authorise