One person has died as wildfires rage across large parts of Albania, the Defence Ministry in Tirana said on Wednesday. The victim was killed in the central town of Gramsh.

Wildfires continue to intensify across southern Europe with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city and at least three deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday after a nightlong battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s third-largest city, with at least three more deaths reported in Spain, Turkey and Albania.

STORY: While his farm lies in ruins, 61-year-old Clirim Conku is relieved to have survived the wildfires that tore through his farm in southern Albania.They're a product of an extreme heatwave that has swept across southern Europe - combined with strong winds,

One horrifying photo taken in the Sernancelhe district of Viseu, Portugal, shows a raging inferno and dark clouds of smoke threatening to completely submerge a house in flames.