PATRAS, Greece (Reuters) -Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Greece on Wednesday, including blazes threatening villages and towns near the western city of Patras and on two tourist islands.

A wildfire burns houses and factories, forcing evacuations near Patras in Greece:::: Sichaina, Greece“What does it look like? It looks like doomsday. We came from Athens with our volunteer association Kleisthenis,

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.