Firefighting resources were stretched thin in many affected countries as they battled multiple outbreaks following weeks of heat waves and temperature spikes across Mediterranean Europe.
Fires blazed on the Greek mainland, the Patras area and the islands of Zakynthos and Chios. Alongside firefighting efforts, residents have been trying to hold the flames off with buckets of water.
Outside the Greek port city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities as flames tore through olive groves.
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