At least one person in Greece has died after wildfires consumed nearly 16,000 acres of land amid a surge of fires across Europe.

Across the country, more than 50 agricultural and forest fires have broken out in the past 24 hours - one of the worst days this summer.

ATHENS: Hundreds of firefighters on Saturday battled for a second day a large wildfire near Athens that left one dead, with strong winds raising fears it could spread. A fire…