In the municipality of Palaia Fokaia, an hour's drive south of Athens, a typical bucolic Greek landscape of olive groves and hamlets was transformed by a raging Friday wildfire into a dystopia of blackened land and incinerated homes.

A large wildfire south-east of Athens continued to burn on Saturday morning, with strong winds fanning the flames. Greek media reported that the fire brigade has the situation largely under control, with a large-scale operation involving several firefighting helicopters and planes ongoing since the early morning.

Hundred of firefighters worked to control a deadly wildfire near Athen for a second day on Saturday, August 9.More than 260 firefighters, almost 80 fire trucks and 12 aircraft were sent to the rural area of Keratea,