Aerial pictures show massive charring of Greek island by wildfires

Wildfires leave behind more than 50,000 hectares of charred landscape on Evia, Greece's second-largest island east of Athens and the scene of some of the worst devastation in the past week. These aerial pictures show the scale of devastation. Take a look...

Volunteers and firefighters are work inground-the-clock, often without masks or helmets, in a desperate bid to stop a violent blaze from reaching a key town on Greece's Evia island, one of hundreds of fires that have raged through the country. Credit: Reuters Photo

Rain and falling temperatures helped the fire-dousing effort, but crews remain on alert for possible flare-ups in hard-to-access ravines on the island of Evia and in the region of Arcadia in the Peloponnese, the spokesman said. Credit: Reuters Photo

Hundreds of homes and many businesses have been destroyed in Evia, Arcadia and the outskirts of Athens in the prolonged fire wave that struck Greece from late July and intensified last week, during the worst heatwave in decades. Credit: Reuters Photo

Burnt beehives are seen following a wildfire near the village of Galatsonas on the island of Evia, Greece. Credit: Reuters Photo

A charred forest area is seen following a wildfire near the village of Rovies on the island of Evia, Greece. Credit: Reuters Photo