Wildfires in southern Europe

Firefighters in Greece are battling to save the historic birthplace of the Olympic games from encroaching wildfires. In Turkey, a wildfire that has raged for more than a week has reached a thermal power station on the country's Aegean coast. We speak to people in some of the regions that are affected.

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(Photo: A fireman battles to extinguish a wildfire in Koskinas village in the area of Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, 05 August 2021. Credit: ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/EPA)