Greek firefighters are still attempting to put out two major fires, one on the island of Rhodes and the other in the north-west of the Peloponnese, as temperatures are getting hotter, forecasting over 40 degrees during the day. .
More than 3,000 hectares of pine and olive groves are burned in Achaia, near Patras, on the Peloponnese peninsula, according to estimates by the Athens Observatory, which is based on images from the European environmental satellite Sentinel -2.
The toll could further increase because the fire, which began on Saturday, is still not fully under control, meteorological services told the Greek agency ANA.
The heat wave that hit Greece has dried up the vegetation, favoring fires and making the work of rescuers more difficult.
The weather service predicted temperatures of 40 to 42 degrees on the islands and 41 to 43 degrees on the mainland, with highs of 44 to 45 degrees in the Peloponnese and Thessaly.
