One person died from at least 3 major wildfires that rage in Greece. According to police, the victim is an elderly shepherd who rushed to his sheepfold to save the animals from the blaze near the village of Prodormos, in the prefecture of Viotia.

Firefighters rushed to the scene where they found the elderly shepherd dead, although the fire had not yet reached the sheepfold. It is likely that the thick smoke caused his death.

“The front of the fire is very large and very strong winds are blowing. We are trying to contain it”, the mayor of the nearby city of Thebes Giorgos Anastasiou. “A settlement has already been evacuated, as the flames are less than 1 km away from the residential area”.

A 2nd wildfire broke out on Monday near the town of Psachna on the island of Evia. According to the Fire Brigade, the fire is burning forest and farmland. A total of 20 fire engines with a 62-member crew, 3 teams of firefighters on foot assisted by 3 firefighting aircraft and 1 water-dropping helicopter are operating in the area.