California wildfires

Hotels and campsites on the Greek island of Elafonissos were evacuated due to a large fire, Nova TV reported.

The fight with the fire began on Saturday morning with 15 fire trucks and 45 firefighters. Aviation is also involved. Local media reported that a woman trapped in the flames was rescued by firefighters.

LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The place-names change but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new normal in California.

A seventh person died in a northern California wildfire Aug. 4, officials said, as a couple of other fast-growing wildfires in the state expanded by more than 25 percent overnight and continued to spread.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-moving Southern California wildfire believed set by a serial arsonist forced more than 3,000 residents of mountain resort communities to flee their homes on Thursday as crews fought to save homes in the path of the flames.

Authorities in California issued evacuation orders after the state faced the fire Thomas, considered the third most devastating since 1932, the France press reported.

A smattering of rain and easing temperatures helped more than 1,000 firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Los Angeles history gain the upper hand on the blaze on Sept. 3, but officials warned that danger remains.

"We've turned the corner, but this is not over," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told reporters. "With winds this strong, anything can happen."

Two major wildfires in California have forced nearly 8,000 people out of their homes.

A wildfire raging through the foothills and canyons of northern California's coastal mountains more than doubled in size as it roared into its fifth day on August 2, leaving two dozen homes in charred ruins and displacing thousands of residents.