Greek firefighters continued to battle raging wildfires on the island of Lesbos for a second day on Sunday as well as new blazes in the western Peloponnese and in northern , having been forced to evacuate nearby settlements as a heatwave sets in.A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on Lesbos in the Aegean Sea near Turkey on Saturday and burned properties at the beach resort of Vatera was still blazing away today and prompted the evacuation of two more villages - Vrisa and Stavros.In mainland Greece a new wildfire also threatened homes at Krestena in the western Peloponnese near to the famous archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, forcing the evacuation of Gryllos village.
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