Helicopters dropped water on a wildfire in Ierapetra
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Greece recorded its hottest ever summer last year when 45,000 hectares were torched
The fire near Athens had already burned five or six houses, one local mayor told ERT public television
In Turkey, two wildfires broke out near Izmir
About 30 kilometres east of Athens, another fire broke out near the port of Rafina
Experts have called on Turkish officials to do more to tackle the growing problem of wildfires
Officials on the southern Greek island of Crete evacuated thousands of people from wildfires, while two people died in neighbouring Turkey as …