Greece wildfires: Country faces 'disaster of unprecedented proportions'

Residents battle a wildfire within the village of Gouves on the Greek island of Evia, on Sunday, August 8.

People sleep in a automobile close to the seaside in Pefki village, as wildfires rage on the island of Evia.

A resident reacts as a wildfire approaches her home within the village of Gouves, on the island of Evia, Greece.

A home in Pefkofito, Greece, is destroyed after the forest fireplace on Saturday, August 7.

A firefighter washes his face within the Milas space of Mugla, Turkey, on August 7.

People are evacuated on a ferry as a wildfire burns in Limni on Friday, August 6.

A satellite tv for pc picture reveals smoke rising from fires on the island of Evia, Greece, on Thursday, August 5.

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a wildfire close to the city of Olympia, Greece on August 5.

Residents react throughout a wildfire close to Olympia on August 5.

The grounds of a burnt lodge are seen in Lalas village, close to Olympia, on August 5.

People transfer belongings to security as a forest fireplace rages in a wooded space north of Athens, Greece, on August 5.

A wildfire approaches the Olympic Academy, foreground, in Olympia, Greece, on Wednesday, August 4.

The remnants of a destroyed home are seen right here within the Varibobi space, northern Athens, on August 4.

Onlookers view the smoke from the wildfires blanketing Athens' Acropolis on August 4.

A charred space of Mugla, Turkey, after a forest fireplace on Tuesday, August 3.

Smoke and flames rise over the village of Limni on the Greek island of Evia, on August .

Firefighters work as a home burns within the Adames space of northern Athens on August 3.

A girl pours water over a child's head at a fountain in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, as temperatures reached over 40 levels Celsius (104 levels Fahrenheit) on Monday, August 2.

A person leads sheep away from an advancing fireplace on August 2, in Mugla, Turkey.

People watch an advancing fireplace that rages round Cokertme village, close to Bodrum, Turkey, on August 2.

Local residents watch as a Greek military Chinook helicopter collects water to deal with a wildfire close to the village of Lambiri, Greece, on Sunday, August 1.

A handout picture from the Italian National Fire Brigade reveals an aerial view of a hearth within the Pineta Dannunziana reserve in Pescara, Italy, on August 1.

A person surveys a hearth at Le Capannine seaside within the Sicilian city of Catania, Italy, on Friday, July 30.

Firefighters battle an enormous wildfire that engulfed a Mediterranean resort area on Turkey's southern coast close to the city of Manavgat, on Thursday, July 29.

A firefighter talks to his colleague as they work to place out fires in Cuglieri, on the Italian island of Sardinia, on Monday, July 26.

A firefighting helicopter passes in entrance of a cloud of smoke from a forest fireplace close to Spathovouni village, southwest of Athens, Greece, on Friday, July 23.