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Added on the 20/05/2021 10:18:11 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Plumes of smoke rise above the now-evacuated fire-ravaged village of Kiotari on the Greek island of Rhodes as the blazes continue to ravage the island for a fifth consecutive day. Thousands of locals and tourists fled the Aegean island over the weekend in what authorities called the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. IMAGES
A large forest fire raging 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Berlin continues to spread after hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes. IMAGES
Outgoing French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives in Frontignan, Hérault, to greet firefighters, as a fire was put out during the night after ravaging 350 hectares of pine forest without causing any injuries. IMAGES
Fire rages at an asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery located on a road west of Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. IMAGES
A fire burns overnight through a forest in the Maures massif in the Var region of France. Fanned by strong winds, it has already burned 600 hectares, the first major blaze in southern France this year despite the deployment of hundreds of firefighters. IMAGES