Around 3000 residents have been evacuated and put up in temporary shelters as wildfires continue to spread rapidly through the Greek island of Crete and have now engulfed around 6km

Hundreds evacuated from hotels and homes in Greece as fires tear through holiday island - Greek fire department warns that risk of further wildfires remains high after more than 1,500 evacuated

Tourist footage captured on Wednesday (July 2) showed a huge plume of smoke rising from a wildfire in Ferma, Crete, in Greece. Reuters was able to independently verify the location with the road layout,