Thousands of tourists and residents have been forced to flee their homes in Athens over recent days as wildfires sweep Greece.

Konstantinos Michalos, president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, was found unconscious in a factory close to the blaze.

The ground temperature in downtown Athens was measured at an astonishing 55C.

In neighbouring Turkey, eight lives have been lost and tens of thousands evacuated from their homes in the country’s worst ever fires.