A fire in the Halkidiki holiday peninsula in Greece has been put out after firefighters battled for six days and 12,500 acres of forest was destroyed, authorities said today.

Firefighters raced today to exploit a lull in winds fanning a wildfire that ravaged holiday resorts in northern Greece, leaving a German tourist dead and dozens of people injured.

Hundreds of tourists and residents have been evacuated as a forest fire swept through resorts in northern Greece, destroying homes and cars.