Major wildfires in Greece force more evacuations

Flames burn a forest near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the north-eastern Evros region, Greece (Achilleas Chiras/AP)

Major wildfires burning for days in north-eastern Greece and on the fringes of the capital Athens have incinerated more tracts of forest and forced additional evacuations as firefighters struggled against strong winds and arid conditions.

The wildfires have left 20 people dead over the last week.