Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea on Thursday as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near a resort during the heart of the holiday season.
Heavy gusts also made firefighting difficult on Croatia’s popular Dalmatian coast, where a stretch of a major highway was shut due to a blaze in the Lokva Rogoznica area south of the town of Omis, local media reported.
Tourists flee as Greek wildfire hits resort; Croatia also fights blaze
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