On Greece’s Aegean island of Chios, five wildfires that began Sunday remain uncontained on day three, despite a state of emergency. Authorities have deployed 11 helicopters, two firefighting planes, 85 vehicles, and 444 firefighters; several villages have been evacuated and a team is probing the cause.
Summer fires are increasingly severe in Greece due to hot, dry conditions and climate change. Ahead of this season, the country hired a record 18,000 firefighters to respond to the heightened risk.
