PATRAS, Greece (Reuters) -Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Greece on Wednesday, including blazes threatening villages and towns near the western city of Patras and on two tourist islands.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday after a nightlong battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city, with at least three more deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.

Blazes burn a forest during a wildfire in the village of Kaminia near Patras city, western Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Stamatina, 86, tries to extinguish a wildfire in Keratea, at the outskirts of Athens, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Wildfires continue to rage in Greece amid prolonged drought, prompting evacuations.