The very hot and dry conditions which increase the fire risk will persist until Friday, according to meteorologists. Amid a heatwave, a fire that started on July 18 and was fanned by strong winds ravaged almost 17,770 hectares (more than 43,000 acres) in 10 days in the south of Rhodes, a popular tourist island in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Around 20,000 people, mostly tourists, had to be evacuated.
AFP