What is 2021 Greece wildfires?
[[File:5 August 2021 Greek fires.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The fires seen on 5 August]] The '''2021 Greece wildfires''' were [[wildfire]]s in [[Greece]] from 3 August - 3 September 2021, which killed 2 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Φωτιά στη Φωκίδα: Μπουλντόζα έπεσε σε γκρεμό - Νεκρός ο χειριστής |url=https://www.cnn.gr/ellada/story/277319/fotia-sti-fokida-mpoylntoza-epese-se-gkremo-nekros-o-xeiristis |website=CNN.gr |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=el |date=9 August 2021}}</ref> They injured at least 20 others and burned many homes. This happened after a historical [[heatwave]] for the country with the highest temperatures reaching {{convert|47.1|C|F}}. The largest wildfires were in [[Attica]], [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia,]] [[Messenia]], and the most destructive in northern [[Euboea]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/world/europe/southern-europe-wildfires.html|title=In Photos: Fires Ravage Southern Europe|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 August 2021|last1=Kitsantonis|first1=Niki|last2=Specia|first2=Megan|access-date=6 August 2021|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806064450/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/world/europe/southern-europe-wildfires.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/raging-forest-fire-in-greece-threatens-olympics-birthplace|title=Forest fire in Greece threatens Olympics birthplace|access-date=6 August 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805191057/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/5/raging-forest-fire-in-greece-threatens-olympics-birthplace|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greece wildfires, 2021}} [[Category:2021 disasters in Europe]] [[Category:2020s in Greece|2021 wildfires]] [[Category:August 2021 events]] <!--[[Category:Disasters in Greece|2021 wildfires]]--> [[Category:September 2021 events]] [[Category:Wildfires]]