At least one person in Greece has died after wildfires consumed nearly 16,000 acres of land amid a surge of fires across Europe.
In the Keratea region, just south of Athens, an elderly man tragically died during the fire that broke out on Friday. Firefighters found his remains in a bed in a hut.
As blazes continue to wreak havoc across the nation for a third day, the National Observatory in Athens said that the high winds that have been fanning the flames will persist until at least Monday.
Over in Italy, Italian firefighters on Sunday tackled a wildfire on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius, with all hiking routes up the volcano near Naples closed to tourists.
The national fire service said it had 12 teams on the ground and six Canadair planes fighting the blaze, which has torn through the national park in southern Italy since Friday.
