Governor Josh Green had earlier said he expected the number would fall below 100.

While the Greek government have focused on climate change to explain recent fires, experts in the country say there is more to the story

The blaze near the Turkish border has destroyed vast tracts of forest and triggered the evacuation of thousands of people.

Debunked theories suggest that weapons were fired from space to create “15-minute smart cities”.

In the last two days, 19 people believed to be migrants – including two children – have been killed in forest blazes.

Authorities have been collecting DNA samples from the families of the missing who are unable to travel to Maui.

The bodies of 18 people were discovered near the border with Turkey.

Hundreds of fires continued to rage across British Columbia and 35,000 people were under evacuation orders as of yesterday.

Civil protection authorities warned of an “extreme” fire risk in the region around Athens and other parts of southern Greece.

More than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their houses since the fire started on Tuesday.

Around 30,000 people are under evacuation orders while another 36,000 are under alert to be ready to flee.

Firefighters have been unable to establish a perimeter around the blaze that has consumed at least 12,355 acres.

The nearest evacuation center to Yellowknife is 700 miles away, in Alberta, where several sites have been set up.

Canary Islands regional President Fernando Clavijo said today’s efforts would be crucial to containing the fire.

As of early today, more than 1,000 wildfires were burning, including about 230 in the Northwest Territories.

Some 250 firefighters and members of the Spanish army are tackling the blaze.

Five villages have been evacuated as firefighters have rushed to try and get the fire under control.

At least 96 people are confirmed to have died on the island of Maui.

The Coast Guard said it rescued 14 people who jumped into the water to escape flames and smoke.

The temperature rose to a record 46.4 degrees Celsius in Santarem, central Portugal, yesterday.

Local people were evacuated overnight from several villages as a precaution.

More than 460 firefighters are still deployed in Rhodes, Corfu and central Greece as a precaution.

Firefighters also battled flames on Rhodes for a 10th successive day.

Around 2,000 Irish holiday makers could be on the Greek islands of Corfu and Rhodes.

A man was found burnt to death in a separate incident today.

New evacuations were ordered today as wildfires raged near the Greek capital.

Flights across the US were delayed while residents in Washington have been advised to use high-caliber masks.

At one point yesterday evening, New York had the worst air quality of any major city in the world.

The Department of Agriculture issued an orange level forest fire warning due to continued high-pressure dominated weather patterns.

The appeal comes after a nature reserve in Wexford saw three separate fires in 24 hours.

The aircraft are stationed in 10 member states while over 400 firefighters will be pre-positioned in Greece, France and Portugal.

Marcin Pater, an emergency response officer at DG ECHO’s Emergency Response Coordinate Centre, and Pádraic Fogarty, campaigns officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust explore the issue of wildfires from both an Irish and European perspective. What is being done to help country’s battle these fires, and what type of impact have we seen on the ground in Ireland?

Experts have warned of the high risk of wildfires and farmers have said the heatwave is killing their crops.

A fire in California burned down at least a dozen homes and wildlife was seen fleeing the area to avoid the flames.

Temperatures were set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius in some regions.

It exploded in size into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year.