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A major city in western Greece is threatened by the rapid forest fires that drive it, as strong winds and strong winds are pushing fire through most southern Europe.

The incendiary winds pushed fire to the outskirts of Patras, the third largest city in the country and has a population of about 200,000, forcing the evacuation, including a children’s hospital, and sending columns of smoke across the horizon.

It burned nearly 10,000 hectares in the surrounding area of Ashaya within two days.

The entire villages were emptied, homes and companies were destroyed and hundreds of vehicles were burned, including more than 500 cars in a customs yard.

The streets of Patras were deserted on Wednesday, with the exception of some residents who were watching in silence while the fires descended from the surrounding mountains.

Strong and burning winds exploded with 38 degrees Celsius, and smoke feed the city, sending some to the hospital with difficulty breathing.

The authorities ordered the residents of a town near 7,700 people to evacuate on Tuesday, and new alerts were issued on Wednesday for two villages.

Elsewhere in Greece, dozens of people were rescued by the coast guards while the fires were heading towards the beaches in the Zante Islands and Shius.

Greece has requested the European Union water bombers to support more than 4,800 firefighters who treat more than 20 fires in the country.

The crisis comes as southern European heat blankets, which raises fire from Portugal to the Balkans.

In Spain, a civilian and firefighter were killed on Wednesday during the tenth consecutive day of the intense heat, which reached its climax at 45 degrees Celsius the day before.

The Government Agency warned that all Spain had been at risk of severe or very high fire. Heatwave’s wave is expected to continue until Monday, making it one of the longest registered countries.

The fires sparked a political ranks after Transport Minister Oscar Bentei said that “things have become a little hot” in Castile and Lyon, where they threatened fire with a global next Roman site and forced more than 6000 people to flee.

His observation, which aims at the conservative leader in the region for holidays during the crisis, has sparked condemnation from the opposition figures, who demanded his expulsion. Bentenie defended his comments, saying that absent leaders during disasters should be calculated.

The authorities say that 199 forest fires destroyed approximately 99,000 hectares this year – the total last year by mid -August – with many outbreaks that are suspected of working.

In the neighboring Portugal, 1,800 firefighters were deployed against five major burns, including one in the East Town Town Town Town Town Townso.

In Albania, the Minister of Defense described it as a “critical week” where 24 fires were burned, forcing the residents of the central villages.

Italy has brought control of a five -day fire on Fisovius Mountain, but it is still under severe heat warnings in 16 cities, with Florence 39C touching. The temperatures are so high that Pope Liu moved his weekly audience from St. Peter’s Square to an internal place in the Vatican.

Britain entered the fourth heat wave in the summer, with temperature expectations to peak at 34 degrees Celsius, and health officials warned of pressure on care services.

Meteorologists say that such extremist letters have become more frequent and intense due to the change of human climate.