An aircraft sent to fight the wildfires across the Greek islands has crashed and burst into flames during its mission.<br /><br />State broadcaster ERT said the accident occurred over the town of Karystos on the island of Evia near Athens, where a fire has been burning.<br /><br />Earlier footage from onboard a Turkish aircraft shows the sheer devastation in Greece as another plane flies through thick black smoke to tackle the wildfires.<br /><br />An average of 50 new wildfires have broken out daily for the past 12 days in Greece, according to government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis. Over the weekend 64 new blazes were recorded.
