Firefighters from several European countries are helping Greek teams on the island of Evia to contain wildfires raging near a major town.
Water-bombing helicopters are dousing the flames near Istiaia, at the island's northern tip. Ukraine, Romania and Serbia sent help to the fire zone.
Evia is just north of Athens, where fires on the northern outskirts are now less intense.
Besides Greece, there are also big wildfires in Italy, Algeria and Russia.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from villages in Greece, which is also getting firefighting help from some other EU countries, Israel, Switzerland and the UK.
The EU said it was mobilising "one of Europe's biggest-ever common firefighting operations" to help Greece and other affected countries....
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