RETHYMNO, Greece: Greek firefighters continued on Friday to battle a wildfire ravaging parts of the tourist island of Crete, although conditions had improved, authorities said.
“The situation around Rethymno is better,” a fire department spokesperson told AFP.
But the blaze “has not yet been contained, there are still many hotspots,” he added.
Fires are also burning on the islands of Paros, Kalymnos and Andros in Aegean sea but “the situation is better,” according to the fire service.
About 4,500 hectares (11,120 acres) had been scorched on Wednesday and Thursday south of the tourist town of Rethymno, according to meteo.gr, the weather service of the National Observatory of Athens, citing an analysis of satellite imagery from the European Union’s Copernicus program.
