Horses fled a wildfire northwest of Athens on Monday (August 3) as flames engulfed a field behind them. The animals, near the settlement of Kandili, ran for their lives as the blaze, which was driven by winds, persisted in the area. The horses were not harmed, according to local media that filmed them. It comes after two firefighting helicopters collided in the settlement of Psatha over the weekend. Wildfires have broken out in Europe during a summer of record-breaking heatwaves and little rain – conditions that scientists say climate change has exacerbated.

A wildfire in and around Porto Germeno, a coastal town on the Gulf of Corinth about 70 kilometers west of Athens, continued to rage out of control Saturday afternoon, a day after…

Europe is grappling with a wildfire crisis. Greece has ordered fresh evacuations around Athens as gale-force winds drive flames deeper into western Attica.

Two people were killed in firefighter helicopter crash in Greece over the weekend

More than 60 hectares of land have now burned across four wildfires in Greece