Hurried evacuations as wildfire reaches thermal plant in Turkey

Deadly wildfires in Greece and Turkey force thousands of people to flee their homes as relentless heatwave continues to spark new blazes which threaten historic Olympia and Athens

.200 firefighters, 50 fire trucks, six helicopters and water-bombing planes were sent to Olympia last night
.Thousands more people were fleeing to safety as a wildfire north of Athens threatened homes and power lines
.On Evia island, the Greek coast guard rallied a flotilla of boats to evacuate hundreds of stranded residents
.In Turkey, eight people have been killed in the fires sparked by the worst heatwave in living memory
.Last night, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the nation it was witnessing 'the reality of climate change'
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