Elafonisi Beach At Elafonisi Beach on Crete, even the sand is romantic. That's because this beach is lined with powdery pink ...

Turkey wildfire map also shows the horror blazes near Brit holiday hotspots as 50,000 people were evacuated. Plus, back in May, an earthquake hit Crete.

Firefighters are struggling to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale force winds that are whipping up the flames.

Homes in Crete were reported damaged as flames swept through hillside forests, fanned by strong winds as the fires lit up the night sky, cresting ridgelines and edging toward residential areas ...

Athens, Jul 3 (EFE).- Some 5,000 people, mainly tourists, have had to be evacuated from the Lasithi region on the Greek island of Crete due to a wildfire raging out of control on Thursday.

A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop on one of the last pockets of a wildfire burning near Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, July 4, 2025.

A huge wildfire has ripped through areas of Crete, forcing at least 5,000 tourists and residents to evacuate as strong winds fan the flames. The rapid fire has destroyed homes in areas such as ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters were struggling Thursday to bring a major wildfire on Greece’s southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale force winds whipping up the flames. … ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, prompting the evacuation of more than ...

RAGING wildfires have spread across a Greek holiday hotspot with 1,500 people evacuated from their homes and hotels to escape the inferno. The night sky turned orange as the burning blazes left a t… ...

Hotels and homes on Crete evacuated as wildfire burns out of control The fire department said 230 firefighters backed up by 10 water-dropping aircraft were battling the flames.

Officials on the southern Greek island of Crete evacuated thousands of people from wildfires, while two people died in neighbouring Turkey as fires took hold in the western province of ...