At least 5,000 tourists were forced to evacuate parts of Crete as a massive wildfire scorched forests and olive groves on the Greek holiday island.

The blaze has been raging since Wednesday and fire crews say the conditions are creating new flare-ups, making containment efforts extremely difficult.

Tourists and residents on the Greek island of Crete have been forced to evacuate due to fast-moving wildfires. The flames, whipped by gale-force winds, burned through the night and into Thursday, causing more than 1,