Firefighters battled on Monday to put out wildfires in three separate provinces of Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region.

Turkey and Greece are among the countries impacted by record-breaking temperatures and widespread wildfires. | ITV National News

By bne Belgrade bureau Wildfires continued to sweep across southern Albania on July 28, prompting the evacuation of several villages and mobilising hundreds of emergency workers as authorities struggled to bring dozens of blazes under control.

Firefighters on Sunday continued to battle a number of wildfires across Albania, caused by a lingering heatwave that also stoked fierce fires in Athens over the weekend.

Wildfires have engulfed Turkey for weeks, threatening Bursa, the country’s fourth-largest city and forcing over 1,700 people to flee.

Firefighters in Turkey and Albania are battling multiple wildfires after days of record-breaking heat across the Mediterranean. Dozens of villages were evacuated, and temperatures soared past 50°C, highlighting the region’s escalating climate vulnerability.

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New wildfires have broken out on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast and the government has declared two western provinces to be disaster zones.

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