Wildfires have killed three people in southern Europe and forced thousands to evacuate.

According to Cairo News, wildfires raged across southern Europe on Wednesday after an all-night struggle to protect the perimeter of Greece's third-largest city, while at least three more deaths were reported in Spain, Turkey, and Albania, according to the Associated Press.

Outside the Greek coastal city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities, while flames destroyed olive groves.

Athens sent aid to neighboring Albania and joined international efforts to combat dozens of wildfires, officials said Wednesday.

An 80-year-old man died in a fire south of the capital, Tirana.