Around 5,000 tourists have been evacuated from areas of Crete as firefighters continue to battle wildfires on the Greek island. The blaze broke out three days ago in forests close to Lerpetra on the island’s southern coast. Early on Thursday morning authorities ordered evacuations on three sites near the port of Lerapetra.

ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Friday to put out a wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that has razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to leave the area.