A wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 tourists and locals is "retreating", firefighters ...

Blazes are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey in the wake of record-setting temperatures across much of ...

Most of those fleeing the blaze were tourists. Firefighters struggled against heavy winds to bring the flames under control.

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale ...

Authorities on Crete moved more than a thousand tourists and residents to safety as an out-of-control wildfire engulfed a ...

A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of ...

The blaze has been raging since Wednesday and fire crews say the conditions are creating new flare-ups, making containment ...

The island is a beloved destination for tourists, many of whom would have started flocking to the Greek island as the summer ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.

Around 3,000 Crete residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters, and people remaining in their homes have ...

A wildfire fanned by gale-force winds on the southern Greek island of Crete has forced the evacuation of thousands of ...

A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills the sky over southern Crete ...