Alexandroupolis

Dozens of hospital patients were evacuated onto a ferry in the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis early on Tuesday, the fire brigade said, as wildfires in the area raged uncontrolled for the fourth day.  Across Greece, two people have died and two firefighters were injured, authorities said.

A wildfire continues to rage unchecked for the third consecutive day near the town of Alexandroupoli in northeastern Greece.

The most challenging fronts are identified in Nipsa, Doriko, and the region between Amfitriti and Maestro. Firefighting teams have managed to bring the flames in Apalos, Maestros, and Avantas under partial control.

Firefighting forces continue to battle the blaze that broke out the day before in Melia Alexandroupolis on Sunday. A total of 48 fire engines with a 176-member crew, 10 teams of firefighters on foot assisted by seven firefighting aircraft and four helicopters, four of them holding a coordinating role, area operating in the area.

Citizens in seven villages in the region of Evros, northeastern Greece, were told on Saturday to evacuate in a message sent via the emergency number 112 due to a wildfire that broke out earlier in the day near the town of Alexandroupolis.

An emergency 112 alert has been issued to residents near the fire that broke out in a forest near the town of Alexandroupoli, in northeastern Greece, on Saturday.

Shortly after 1 p.m., the Civil Protection issued the SMS alert to residents of Melia, Nipsa, Pefka and Loutros, urging them to stay alert and follow the instructions of the authorities.

A foreign national was arrested at Kipi, the border station with Turkey, when she tried to leave Greece with her underage child, which has been registered in the United Kingdom as "missing".

A 33-year-old Turkish man was remanded in pretrial custody on Tuesday by a court in Alexandroupoli, northern Greece, over the death of a 57-year-old farmer he ran over with his car last week.