ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece on Monday declared a state of emergency on Chios island, where hundreds of firefighters have been battling wildfires for a second day as winds further whipped up the blaze, causing power cuts and the evacuation of residents.
"The situation since yesterday on the island is quite difficult because we constantly have new fronts and resurgences and the climatic conditions are not favorable," Yiannis Kefalogiannis, the climate crisis and civil protection minister, said upon his arrival in Chios.
