More than 20 people have died as several wildfires rage near Athens, Greece, according to a government spokesman.
The fires forced Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras to fly back early from a state visit to Bosnia. He has urged citizens to forget their property and focus on survival.
« Everyone should keep their temper and take care to protect the most precious good that is human life, » he said.
« Property, all that has a material value, (can be) recreated. Human lives are the ones that cannot come back. »
So far Spain and Cyprus have offered assistance, and Greece has called on other fellow EU members to help battle the blaze.
