Thousands Evacuated , as Wildfires Ravage Greece.<br />Thousands Evacuated , as Wildfires Ravage Greece.<br />ABC News reports that firefighters are currently working to extinguish over 100 wildfires blazing across Greece.<br />ABC News reports that firefighters are currently working to extinguish over 100 wildfires blazing across Greece.<br />The country is facing <br />its worst heat wave <br />in over thirty years.<br />On August 3, Athens saw temperatures climb <br />to as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.<br />On August 3, Athens saw temperatures climb <br />to as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.<br />According to Greece's Civil Protection <br />Chief, Nikos Hardalias, 118 wildfires broke <br />out over the past 24 hours in the country. .<br />An EU disaster response group said that firefighters and emergency equipment were being sent to Greece.<br />Meanwhile, wildfires have also broken out <br />in Italy, Albania and North Macedonia.<br />Following the situation<br />with great concern.<br />European solidarity<br />is at work to fight<br />these terrible fires, Ursula von der Leyen, <br />European Commission President, <br />via Twitter.<br />Following the situation<br />with great concern.<br />European solidarity<br />is at work to fight<br />these terrible fires, Ursula von der Leyen, <br />European Commission President, <br />via Twitter.<br />An initial calculation by the National Observatory <br />of Athens indicates that between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4, <br />around 14,826 acres were burned in Greece's wildfires.<br />Thousands have already been evacuated <br />from several suburbs north of Athens
