Major wildfires are burning in Greece and on Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife off the northwest coast of Africa.
, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.
Authorities said the body of a man was recovered from a sheep pen in the area under evacuation, with local media reporting the man apparently died of smoke inhalation while trying to save his livestock. Several homes were destroyed over the weekend. Thirteen villages were evacuated, while more than 200 firefighters, assisted by 16 water-dropping planes and seven helicopters, volunteers and the armed forces were battling the fire, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said.
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