With temperatures remaining over 40 degrees Celsius for several days on end and accompanied by high winds in many parts of the country, Greece has had a difficult week for wildfires. On Saturday firefighters were fighting blazes in Attica, Evia, Kythera and Messinia. Residents in many areas were ordered to evacuate their homes via the 112 messaging system and there was widespread damage to forests and agricultural land, with destruction of crops and livestock and some houses.