Thousands evacuated as Greek, Turkish wildfires rage

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00:01Firefighters battled to save one of the last forests in southern Crete, a task made more

00:06difficult by the intensity of the wind.

00:102,000 residents had to evacuate the area, which is frequently hit by fires.

00:15This is the only forest left, there's nothing else left.

00:20Since last year everything has been destroyed.

00:22The area is popular with tourists and the flames are getting dangerously close to the

00:27hotels. 3,000 tourists have been evacuated further north.

00:32We were at the balcony, we saw the first flames, which became bigger at a very short time.

00:41They became bigger, but they were, I think, a kilometre far away or so.

00:49About 30 kilometres east of the capital, a fire also broke out, 300 people were evacuated

00:55and around 50 people rescued by the fire department.

01:00We did what we could.

01:02The water bombers arrived immediately.

01:04They did a great job lowering the temperature considerably.

01:08In Greece, July is the hottest month of the year with high fire risk.

01:13In 24 hours, 40 wildfires broke out, according to the government.

01:18The country is preparing to be hit by a second major heat wave this summer, with temperatures

01:23expected to climb above 40 degrees by Sunday.

01:27Neighbouring Turkey is also vulnerable.

01:30The western province of Izmir has been hit by fires and two people have already been killed.

01:37There they are.

01:41The eastern province is a lot of red and yellow.

01:45The eastern province has been hit by fires and deserts, compared to the northern province

01:49in erlebatorians.

01:49The rest of the city has chosen to visit.

01:52The historic Gate is in the city, in The eastern province.

01:56The south coast of the north is a few areas, areas and it is a huge area of the number.

01:58But in the north has been there.

01:59There have been some locations along in the north.

02:01The north is the southern province.

02:02There are now on the south.

02:03The north is west side of the north coast of the north.

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