(13 Aug 2025)
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Patras, Greece – 13 August 2025
1. Various of people carrying a dog, which was rescued from the fire
2. Various of wildfires in Patras
3. Man driving rescued sheep on moped
4. Various of wildfire, helicopter dropping water
5. Mid of sheep being evacuated
6. Man leading a rescued donkey
7. Various of wildfire, helicopter dropping water
8. Man driving rescued sheep on motorcycle
9. Wide of helicopter dropping water
10. Close of sun
STORYLINE:
Farm animals and pets were rushed to safety on Wednesday as wildfires ravaged the Greek port city of Patras.
As wildfires raged through olive groves and pine forests outside Greece’s third-largest city of Patras, a farmer navigating smoke-filled roads on his motorbike, carried a sheep to safety. As another man fled advancing fire lines, he ran with his goats.
Elsewhere, residents were evacuated from their homes carrying pets or guiding frightened livestock away of the flames.
After weeks of scorching heat, wildfires have intensified across southern Europe, where firefighting resources remain stretched despite assistance from the European Union.
The fires Wednesday caused the death of at least three people in Spain, Turkey and Albania. Multiple evacuations have forced thousands to sleep in shelters.
Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday after a nightlong battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city, with more deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.
Outside the Greek port city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities as flames tore through olive groves.
Firefighting resources were stretched thin in many affected countries as they battled multiple outbreaks following weeks of heat waves and temperature spikes across Mediterranean Europe.
Aircraft rotated between blazes on the western Greek mainland, the Patras area and the island of Zakynthos. Athens also sent assistance to neighboring Albania, joining an international effort to combat dozens of wildfires. An 80-year-old man died in one blaze south of the capital, Tirana.
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