<p>More than 100 hundred firefighters on Saturday battled a wildfire that broke out in Greece's southern Mani peninsula, prompting several village evacuations.</p>.<p>The fire department said 103 firefighters with 24 fire engines and 15 aircraft had been deployed to the forest of Langadia, in the Peloponnese peninsula of Mani.</p>.<p>Five villages were evacuated as a precaution, though communities were not believed to be in immediate danger.</p>.<p>Greece annually grapples wildfires during the dry summer season, with strong winds and temperatures frequently exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).</p>.<p>Two years ago, 102 people died in the coastal resort of Mati near Athens in Greece's worst fire disaster.</p>
<p>More than 100 hundred firefighters on Saturday battled a wildfire that broke out in Greece's southern Mani peninsula, prompting several village evacuations.</p>.<p>The fire department said 103 firefighters with 24 fire engines and 15 aircraft had been deployed to the forest of Langadia, in the Peloponnese peninsula of Mani.</p>.<p>Five villages were evacuated as a precaution, though communities were not believed to be in immediate danger.</p>.<p>Greece annually grapples wildfires during the dry summer season, with strong winds and temperatures frequently exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).</p>.<p>Two years ago, 102 people died in the coastal resort of Mati near Athens in Greece's worst fire disaster.</p>