Greek authorities have warned that strong winds could reignite a wildfire on the popular tourist island of Paros, after the blaze forced residents and holidaymakers to evacuate. The fire broke out on Tuesday on the island, which lies between Mykonos and Santorini, prompting precautionary evacuations across several communities as flames spread rapidly.

Officials cautioned on Wednesday that renewed high winds posed a serious risk of the fire flaring up again, hampering firefighting efforts and threatening further evacuations. The incident adds to a wider pattern of destructive wildfires across the region this summer, including a separate blaze near Madrid amid an ongoing heatwave and severe fires in south-west France that have forced more than 220,000 people to flee.