Terrified residents fled to the sea to escape flames

Scores of locals and holidaymakers fled to the sea to try to escape the flames, in what has been described as a 'national tragedy'.

Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish a wildfire raging in Verori, near Loutraki city, Peloponnese, southern Greece.

Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish a wildfire in Greece. Source: ANA-MPA EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS (Archive image)

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