Athens : Greece battled on Friday several wildfires at the southern tip of its mainland which were fanned by gale-force winds and forced evacuations of villages.
Dozens of firefighters assisted by eight aircraft were deployed to tame forest fires in the regions of Achaia and Ilia and near the town of Kranidi on the Peloponnese peninsula.
Residents of several villages in those areas were told to flee their homes as blazes approached.
