Firefighters battling wildfires to save homes on Greek island of Evia

Almost 900 firefighters fighting what the Greek prime minister called a natural disaster of unprecedented dimensions'

In scenes more resonant of war, trained firefighters backed by a ragtag army of local people waged a superhuman" battle overnight to extinguish wind-whipped blazes raging for an eighth day on the Greek island of Evia.

With yet another village ordered to be evacuated on Tuesday, a multinational force of nearly 900 firefighters were at the scene in a desperate bid to stop the conflagration enveloping the northern town of Istiaia.