A large wildfire south-east of Athens continued to burn on Saturday morning, with strong winds fanning the flames. Greek media reported that the fire brigade has the situation largely under control, with a large-scale operation involving several firefighting helicopters and planes ongoing since the early morning.

In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.

A wildfire swept through the northern Athens suburb of Kryoneri, prompting evacuations as some homes caught fire.