Blaze Sweeps Through Athens Suburbs in Fifth Day of Greece Wildfires

A house on fire in the Afidnes area, northern Athens, on Aug. 6, 2021. People were evacuated from their homes after a wildfire reached residential areas of northern Athens as record temperatures were recorded at 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit). Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

ATHENS—Flames swept through a residential town outside Athens overnight as wildfires burned across Greece for a fifth day on Saturday, and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island of Evia east of the capital.

The fire on Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens has forced the evacuation of thousands of people since late Thursday, with emergency crews facing winds and high temperatures as they battle to contain its spread.