Greece battled wildfires on multiple fronts, from the outskirts of Athens to the central part of the country and the island of Crete on Friday (local time), while France and Spain won some respite after bringing major blazes under control.

Blazes have forced about 375,000 people to leave their homes in France and Spain

In a crisis spanning large parts of Europe, fire crews in Spain, Italy and Greece were also fighting blazes on the world’s fastest-warming continent.