Villages evacuated as Greek officials work to put out huge wildfire

People wait to be evacuated from the Psachna village during a forest fire near the village of Makrimalli on the island of Evia, northeast of Athens, on August 13 2019. Picture: AFP/ANGELOS TZORTZINIS

A state of emergency has been declared in regions of the densely forested island east of Athens, after the blaze broke out on Tuesday, fanned by strong winds and high temperatures. “The situation appears better, there was a huge effort [to contain the fire], superhuman efforts,” Kostas Bakoyannis, the regional governor for central Greece, told Skai TV.

Television images showed flames and plumes of black smoke on mountainsides carpeted in pine. Parts of Evia's forests are a Natura 2000 site, which the EU designates as a nature reserve.

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