Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfires on Greece's Chios island for third day


Firefighters try to tackle a wildfire burning on Chios island, Greece, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou

CHIOS, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate, after it declared a state of emergency.

More than 400 firefighters assisted by 14 helicopters and four aircraft have been deployed to several locations on the island, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.

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